How To Install imake on Fedora 34

imake is imake source code configuration and build system

Introduction

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

What is `imake`

Imake is a deprecated source code configuration and build system which has traditionally been supplied by and used to build the X Window System in X11R6 and previous releases. As of the X Window System X11R7 release, the X Window system has switched to using GNU autotools as the primary build system, and the Imake system is now deprecated, and should not be used by new software projects. Software developers are encouraged to migrate software to the GNU autotools system.

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

Install imake 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 imake using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install imake

Install imake 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 imake using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install imake

How To Uninstall imake on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove imake

imake Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/ccmakedep
/usr/bin/cleanlinks
/usr/bin/gccmakedep
/usr/bin/imake
/usr/bin/lndir
/usr/bin/makedepend
/usr/bin/makeg
/usr/bin/mergelib
/usr/bin/mkdirhier
/usr/bin/mkhtmlindex
/usr/bin/revpath
/usr/bin/xmkmf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a/e994977df4cc97b8cc2620afb8863eb6afd304
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a/448b6d75206c7281289243030dc9f31697ac00
/usr/lib/.build-id/74
/usr/lib/.build-id/74/40796b966a24d523299b9362a3290e4e13a113
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea/ac2e9ce4bbe7402118d45b2b193c97ef9ed4fa
/usr/share/X11/config
/usr/share/X11/config/Amoeba.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/DGUX.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/DragonFly.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/FreeBSD.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/Imake.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/Imake.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/Imake.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/Library.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/Mips.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/Motif.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/Motif.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/NetBSD.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/Oki.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/OpenBSD.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/OpenBSDLib.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/OpenBSDLib.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/QNX4.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/QNX4.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/Server.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/ServerLib.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/Threads.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/Win32.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/Win32.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/WinLib.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/X11.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/X11.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/apollo.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/bsd.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/bsdLib.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/bsdLib.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/bsdi.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/bsdiLib.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/bsdiLib.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/cde.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/cde.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/convex.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/cray.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/cross.def
/usr/share/X11/config/cross.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/cygwin.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/cygwin.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/cygwin.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/darwin.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/darwinLib.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/darwinLib.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/date.def
/usr/share/X11/config/dmx.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/fujitsu.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/generic.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/gnu.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/gnuLib.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/gnuLib.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/host.def
/usr/share/X11/config/hp.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/hpLib.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/hpLib.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/ibm.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/ibmLib.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/ibmLib.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/isc.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/linux.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/lnxLib.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/lnxLib.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/lnxdoc.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/lnxdoc.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/luna.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/lynx.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/macII.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/mach.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/mingw.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/mingw.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/mingw.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/minix.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/moto.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/ncr.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/nec.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/necLib.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/necLib.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/noop.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/nto.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/nto.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/oldlib.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/os2.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/os2.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/os2Lib.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/os2Lib.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/osf1.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/osfLib.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/osfLib.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/pegasus.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/sco.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/sco5.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/scoLib.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/sequent.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/sequentLib.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/sgi.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/sgiLib.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/sgiLib.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/site.def
/usr/share/X11/config/sony.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/sun.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/sunLib.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/sunLib.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/sv3Lib.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/sv3Lib.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/sv4Lib.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/sv4Lib.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/svr3.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/svr4.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/ultrix.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/usl.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/version.def
/usr/share/X11/config/x386.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/xf86.rules
/usr/share/X11/config/xf86.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/xf86site.def
/usr/share/X11/config/xfree86.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/xorg.cf
/usr/share/X11/config/xorg.tmpl
/usr/share/X11/config/xorgsite.def
/usr/share/X11/config/xorgversion.def
/usr/share/man/man1/ccmakedep.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cleanlinks.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gccmakedep.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/imake.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lndir.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/makedepend.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/makeg.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mergelib.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mkdirhier.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mkhtmlindex.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/revpath.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xmkmf.1.gz

References

imake website

Summary

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