How To Install ksnip on Fedora 34

ksnip is Qt based cross-platform screenshot tool

Introduction

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

What is ksnip

Ksnip is a Qt based cross-platform screenshot tool that provides many annotation features for your screenshots.

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

Install ksnip 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 ksnip using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ksnip

Install ksnip 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 ksnip using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ksnip

How To Uninstall ksnip on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove ksnip

ksnip Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/ksnip
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/55
/usr/lib/.build-id/55/3dd75e5497ade1282521223228471cf73a69f4
/usr/share/applications/org.ksnip.ksnip.desktop
/usr/share/doc/ksnip
/usr/share/doc/ksnip/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/ksnip/README.md
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/ksnip.svg
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_bn_BD.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_cs.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_da.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_de.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_el.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_es.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_eu.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_fa.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_fr.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_fr_CA.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_gl.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_hu.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_id.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_it.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_ja.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_nl.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_no.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_pl.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_pt.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_pt_BR.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_ru.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_si.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_sv.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_tr.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_uk.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_zh_CN.qm
/usr/share/licenses/ksnip
/usr/share/licenses/ksnip/LICENSE
/usr/share/metainfo/org.ksnip.ksnip.appdata.xml
/usr/bin/ksnip
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab/62c77a25475004ccb65f86e725c76d605bc5d0
/usr/share/applications/org.ksnip.ksnip.desktop
/usr/share/doc/ksnip
/usr/share/doc/ksnip/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/ksnip/README.md
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/ksnip.svg
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_bn_BD.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_cs.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_da.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_de.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_el.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_es.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_eu.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_fa.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_fr.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_fr_CA.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_gl.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_hr.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_hu.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_id.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_it.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_ja.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_ko.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_nl.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_no.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_pl.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_pt.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_pt_BR.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_ru.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_si.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_sv.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_tr.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_uk.qm
/usr/share/ksnip/translations/ksnip_zh_CN.qm
/usr/share/licenses/ksnip
/usr/share/licenses/ksnip/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/metainfo/org.ksnip.ksnip.appdata.xml

References

Summary

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