How To Install gtypist on Fedora 34

gtypist is GNU typing tutor

Introduction

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

What is gtypist

GNU Typist (or gtypist) is free software that assists you in learning to type correctly. It is intended to be used on a raw terminal without graphics. It has been compiled and used in Unix (GNU/Linux, Aix, Solaris, openBSD) and also in DOS/Windows (DOS 6.22, Windows 98, Windows XP).

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

Install gtypist 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 gtypist using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gtypist

Install gtypist 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 gtypist using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gtypist

How To Uninstall gtypist on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove gtypist

gtypist Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/gtypist
/usr/bin/typefortune
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c/b9122e083c0bca2cf2bc22df2e3b0df48b08c9
/usr/share/doc/gtypist
/usr/share/doc/gtypist/ABOUT-NLS
/usr/share/doc/gtypist/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gtypist/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/gtypist/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/gtypist/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/gtypist/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gtypist/QUESTIONS
/usr/share/doc/gtypist/README
/usr/share/doc/gtypist/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/gtypist/TODO
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/gtypist
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/gtypist/gtypist-mode.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/gtypist/gtypist-mode.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/gtypist-init.el
/usr/share/gtypist
/usr/share/gtypist/c.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/cs.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/d.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/demo.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/esp.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/gtypist.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/ktbg.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/ktbg_long.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/ktde.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/ktde2.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/ktde_neo.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/ktde_number.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/ktdk.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/ktdk2.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/ktdvorak.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/ktdvorak_abcd.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/ktdvorak_es.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/kten.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/ktes.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/ktes_cat.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/ktfi.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/ktfi_kids.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/ktfr.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/ktfr2.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/kthu.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/kthu_expert.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/ktit.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/ktnl.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/ktnl_junior.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/ktno.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/ktpl.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/ktru.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/ktru_long.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/ktru_slava.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/ktsi.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/kttr.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/m.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/n.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/q.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/r.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/ru.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/s.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/t.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/ttde.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/u.typ
/usr/share/gtypist/v.typ
/usr/share/info/gtypist.cs.info.gz
/usr/share/info/gtypist.es.info.gz
/usr/share/info/gtypist.info.gz
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/gtypist.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gtypist.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gtypist.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/gtypist.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/gtypist.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gtypist.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/gtypist.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/gtypist.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/gtypist.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/gtypist.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/gtypist.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/gtypist.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/gtypist.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/typefortune.1.gz

References

Summary

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