How To Install fntsample on Fedora 34

fntsample is A program for making font samples that show Unicode coverage of the font

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fntsample on Fedora 34.

What is fntsample

A program for making font samples that show Unicode coverage of the font and are similar in appearance to Unicode charts. Samples can be saved as PDF or PostScript files.

We can use yum or dnf to install fntsample on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fntsample.

Install fntsample on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install fntsample using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fntsample

Install fntsample on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install fntsample using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fntsample

How To Uninstall fntsample on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the fntsample package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove fntsample

fntsample Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/fntsample
/usr/bin/pdfoutline
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d4
/usr/lib/.build-id/d4/40275857c0de91a363f05cffb87b2325f2e8c7
/usr/share/doc/fntsample
/usr/share/doc/fntsample/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/fntsample/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/fntsample
/usr/share/licenses/fntsample/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/fntsample.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/fntsample.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pdfoutline.1.gz

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fntsample on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.