How To Install gchem3d on Fedora 34

gchem3d is 3D molecular structure viewer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gchem3d on Fedora 34.

What is gchem3d

This package contains GChem3D, a 3D molecular structure viewer that is part of the GNOME Chemistry Utils.

We can use yum or dnf to install gchem3d on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gchem3d.

Install gchem3d 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 gchem3d using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gchem3d

Install gchem3d 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 gchem3d using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gchem3d

How To Uninstall gchem3d on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the gchem3d package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gchem3d

gchem3d Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/gchem3d
/usr/bin/gchem3d-0.14
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/05
/usr/lib/.build-id/05/ec015d89cd955705b5e9780b93fa35f902b3f8
/usr/share/appdata/gchem3d.appdata.xml
/usr/share/applications/gchem3d.desktop
/usr/share/gnome/help/gchem3d-0.14
/usr/share/gnome/help/gchem3d-0.14/C
/usr/share/gnome/help/gchem3d-0.14/C/figures
/usr/share/gnome/help/gchem3d-0.14/C/figures/ball-and-stick.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gchem3d-0.14/C/figures/cylinders.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gchem3d-0.14/C/figures/gchemcalc.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gchem3d-0.14/C/figures/gchempaint1.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gchem3d-0.14/C/figures/gchempaint2.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gchem3d-0.14/C/figures/main-window.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gchem3d-0.14/C/figures/page-setup.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gchem3d-0.14/C/figures/print-scale.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gchem3d-0.14/C/figures/smiles1.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gchem3d-0.14/C/figures/smiles2.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gchem3d-0.14/C/figures/smiles3.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gchem3d-0.14/C/figures/spacefill.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gchem3d-0.14/C/figures/wireframe.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gchem3d-0.14/C/gchem3d-0.14.xml
/usr/share/gnome/help/gchem3d-0.14/C/legal.xml
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/gchem3d.svg
/usr/share/man/man1/gchem3d.1.gz
/usr/share/omf/gchem3d-0.14
/usr/share/omf/gchem3d-0.14/gchem3d-0.14-C.omf
/usr/bin/gchem3d
/usr/bin/gchem3d-0.14
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/73
/usr/lib/.build-id/73/bc6126d814c8bd7436dfece619fb62fd758234
/usr/share/appdata/gchem3d.appdata.xml
/usr/share/applications/gchem3d.desktop
/usr/share/gnome/help/gchem3d-0.14
/usr/share/gnome/help/gchem3d-0.14/C
/usr/share/gnome/help/gchem3d-0.14/C/figures
/usr/share/gnome/help/gchem3d-0.14/C/figures/ball-and-stick.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gchem3d-0.14/C/figures/cylinders.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gchem3d-0.14/C/figures/gchemcalc.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gchem3d-0.14/C/figures/gchempaint1.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gchem3d-0.14/C/figures/gchempaint2.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gchem3d-0.14/C/figures/main-window.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gchem3d-0.14/C/figures/page-setup.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gchem3d-0.14/C/figures/print-scale.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gchem3d-0.14/C/figures/smiles1.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gchem3d-0.14/C/figures/smiles2.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gchem3d-0.14/C/figures/smiles3.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gchem3d-0.14/C/figures/spacefill.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gchem3d-0.14/C/figures/wireframe.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gchem3d-0.14/C/gchem3d-0.14.xml
/usr/share/gnome/help/gchem3d-0.14/C/legal.xml
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/gchem3d.svg
/usr/share/man/man1/gchem3d.1.gz
/usr/share/omf/gchem3d-0.14
/usr/share/omf/gchem3d-0.14/gchem3d-0.14-C.omf

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gchem3d on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.