How To Install graphite2 on Fedora 34

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install graphite2 on Fedora 34.

What is `graphite2`

Graphite2 is a project within SIL’s Non-Roman Script Initiative and Language Software Development groups to provide rendering capabilities for complex non-Roman writing systems. Graphite can be used to create “smart fonts” capable of displaying writing systems with various complex behaviors. With respect to the Text Encoding Model, Graphite handles the “Rendering” aspect of writing system implementation. graphite2 1.3.14 7.fc34 x86_64 95 k graphite2-1.3.14-7.fc34.src.rpm fedora Font rendering capabilities for complex non-Roman writing systems https (LGPLv2+ or GPLv2+ or MPLv1.1) and (Netscape or GPLv2+ or LGPLv2+) Graphite2 is a project within SIL’s Non-Roman Script Initiative and Language Software Development groups to provide rendering capabilities for complex non-Roman writing systems. Graphite can be used to create “smart fonts” capable of displaying writing systems with various complex behaviors. With respect to the Text Encoding Model, Graphite handles the “Rendering” aspect of writing system implementation.

We can use yum or dnf to install graphite2 on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install graphite2.

Install graphite2 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 graphite2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install graphite2

Install graphite2 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 graphite2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install graphite2

How To Uninstall graphite2 on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the graphite2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove graphite2

graphite2 Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/gr2fonttest
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/24
/usr/lib/.build-id/24/1bd4c5bda37a21aef4a659ca81cc75b0d70c48
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7/3ee11a69e1559045efb3012603ba31c331c8d4
/usr/lib/libgraphite2.so.3
/usr/lib/libgraphite2.so.3.2.1
/usr/share/doc/graphite2
/usr/share/doc/graphite2/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/graphite2/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/graphite2
/usr/share/licenses/graphite2/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/graphite2/LICENSE
/usr/bin/gr2fonttest
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/55
/usr/lib/.build-id/55/2b0c8372ac6aec1097440557cac05aff3f0c27
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd/2793e70b1c04ce990676d2b015ec969006b524
/usr/lib64/libgraphite2.so.3
/usr/lib64/libgraphite2.so.3.2.1
/usr/share/doc/graphite2
/usr/share/doc/graphite2/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/graphite2/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/graphite2
/usr/share/licenses/graphite2/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/graphite2/LICENSE

References

[graphite2 website](https://sourceforge.net/projects/silgraphite/ https://sourceforge.net/projects/silgraphite/)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install graphite2 on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.