How To Install genchemlab on Fedora 34

genchemlab is A general chemistry lab experiment simulator

Introduction

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

What is genchemlab

GenChemLab is an OpenGL-based application intended to simulate several common general chemistry experiments.

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

Install genchemlab 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 genchemlab using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install genchemlab

Install genchemlab 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 genchemlab using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install genchemlab

How To Uninstall genchemlab on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove genchemlab

genchemlab Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/genchemlab
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/40
/usr/lib/.build-id/40/bfb0313a6600b4250f074c666787cb9145ce24
/usr/share/applications/genchemlab.desktop
/usr/share/doc/genchemlab
/usr/share/doc/genchemlab/COPYRIGHT.txt
/usr/share/doc/genchemlab/GPL.txt
/usr/share/doc/genchemlab/HISTORY.txt
/usr/share/doc/genchemlab/README.txt
/usr/share/genchemlab
/usr/share/genchemlab/doc
/usr/share/genchemlab/doc/COPYRIGHT.txt
/usr/share/genchemlab/doc/GPL.txt
/usr/share/genchemlab/doc/HISTORY.txt
/usr/share/genchemlab/doc/bpfp.html
/usr/share/genchemlab/doc/calorimetry.html
/usr/share/genchemlab/doc/electro.html
/usr/share/genchemlab/doc/extract.html
/usr/share/genchemlab/doc/genchemlab-da.qm
/usr/share/genchemlab/doc/genchemlab-pl.qm
/usr/share/genchemlab/doc/index.html
/usr/share/genchemlab/doc/spec.html
/usr/share/genchemlab/doc/start.html
/usr/share/genchemlab/doc/titration.html
/usr/share/genchemlab/doc/vapor.html
/usr/share/pixmaps/genchemlab.png

References

Summary

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