How To Install goldendict on Fedora 34

goldendict is A feature-rich dictionary lookup program

Introduction

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

What is goldendict

Goldendict is a feature-rich dictionary lookup program. The latest release has the following features Use of WebKit for an accurate articles’ representation; Support of multiple dictionary file formats; Support MediaWiki-based sites to perform search; Scan popup functionality.

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

Install goldendict 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 goldendict using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install goldendict

Install goldendict 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 goldendict using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install goldendict

How To Uninstall goldendict on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove goldendict

goldendict Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/goldendict
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/45
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/45cb1ef51aecb7d6307e31cbfa33c03c9c94be
/usr/share/applications/goldendict.desktop
/usr/share/doc/goldendict
/usr/share/doc/goldendict/README.md
/usr/share/goldendict
/usr/share/goldendict/locale
/usr/share/goldendict/locale/ar_SA.qm
/usr/share/goldendict/locale/ay_WI.qm
/usr/share/goldendict/locale/be_BY.qm
/usr/share/goldendict/locale/[email protected]
/usr/share/goldendict/locale/bg_BG.qm
/usr/share/goldendict/locale/cs_CZ.qm
/usr/share/goldendict/locale/de_DE.qm
/usr/share/goldendict/locale/el_GR.qm
/usr/share/goldendict/locale/eo_EO.qm
/usr/share/goldendict/locale/es_AR.qm
/usr/share/goldendict/locale/es_BO.qm
/usr/share/goldendict/locale/es_ES.qm
/usr/share/goldendict/locale/fa_IR.qm
/usr/share/goldendict/locale/fi_FI.qm
/usr/share/goldendict/locale/fr_FR.qm
/usr/share/goldendict/locale/ie_001.qm
/usr/share/goldendict/locale/it_IT.qm
/usr/share/goldendict/locale/ja_JP.qm
/usr/share/goldendict/locale/jb_JB.qm
/usr/share/goldendict/locale/ko_KR.qm
/usr/share/goldendict/locale/lt_LT.qm
/usr/share/goldendict/locale/mk_MK.qm
/usr/share/goldendict/locale/nl_NL.qm
/usr/share/goldendict/locale/pl_PL.qm
/usr/share/goldendict/locale/pt_BR.qm
/usr/share/goldendict/locale/qu_WI.qm
/usr/share/goldendict/locale/ru_RU.qm
/usr/share/goldendict/locale/sk_SK.qm
/usr/share/goldendict/locale/sq_AL.qm
/usr/share/goldendict/locale/sr_SR.qm
/usr/share/goldendict/locale/sv_SE.qm
/usr/share/goldendict/locale/tg_TJ.qm
/usr/share/goldendict/locale/tk_TM.qm
/usr/share/goldendict/locale/tr_TR.qm
/usr/share/goldendict/locale/uk_UA.qm
/usr/share/goldendict/locale/vi_VN.qm
/usr/share/goldendict/locale/zh_CN.qm
/usr/share/goldendict/locale/zh_TW.qm
/usr/share/licenses/goldendict
/usr/share/licenses/goldendict/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/metainfo/goldendict.appdata.xml
/usr/share/pixmaps/goldendict.png

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Summary

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