How To Install free42 on Fedora 34

free42 is 42S Calculator Simulator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install free42 on Fedora 34.

What is free42

Free42 is a complete re-implementation of the 42S calculator and the 82240 printer. It was written from scratch, without using any HP code.

We can use yum or dnf to install free42 on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install free42.

Install free42 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 free42 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install free42

Install free42 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 free42 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install free42

How To Uninstall free42 on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the free42 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove free42

free42 Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/free42dec
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/41
/usr/lib/.build-id/41/7e0e3bfd458ec60c071c281a92b3008db7384a
/usr/share/applications/free42.desktop
/usr/share/doc/free42
/usr/share/doc/free42/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/free42/HISTORY
/usr/share/doc/free42/README
/usr/share/doc/free42/TODO
/usr/share/doc/free42/VERSION
/usr/share/licenses/free42
/usr/share/licenses/free42/COPYING
/usr/share/pixmaps/free42.png

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install free42 on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.