How To Install fonttosfnt on Fedora 34

fonttosfnt is Tool to wrap bdf or pcf bitmap fonts in an sfnt wrapper

Introduction

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

What is fonttosfnt

fonttosfnt wraps a set of bdf or pcf bitmap fonts in a sfnt (TrueType or OpenType) wrapper.

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

Install fonttosfnt 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 fonttosfnt using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fonttosfnt

Install fonttosfnt 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 fonttosfnt using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fonttosfnt

How To Uninstall fonttosfnt on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove fonttosfnt

fonttosfnt Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/fonttosfnt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/89
/usr/lib/.build-id/89/5f0fdac56204c3a7775d59329cec5ba5215c79
/usr/share/licenses/fonttosfnt
/usr/share/licenses/fonttosfnt/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/fonttosfnt.1.gz
/usr/bin/fonttosfnt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c/cdb1efa1144f3e851fe184db74060b1406d1e9
/usr/share/licenses/fonttosfnt
/usr/share/licenses/fonttosfnt/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/fonttosfnt.1.gz

References

Summary

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