How To Install lector on Fedora 34
lector is Ebook reader and collection manager
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lector on Fedora 34.
What is lector
Lector is an ebook reader and collection manager. It offers a full-screen distraction-free view, document highlighting and annotations, a built-in dictionary, bookmarks, and multiple profiles for changing the way the books are presented. Lector can also edit metadata, so you can correct information about the books, and add keywords to make them easier to find. It supports the following file formats * PDF * EPUB * DjVu * FictionBook (.fb2) * Mobipocket (.mobi) * Amazon Kindle (.azw, .azw3, .azw4) * Comic book archives (.cbr, .cbz) * Markdown
We can use yum or dnf to install lector on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lector.
Install lector 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 lector using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install lector
Install lector 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 lector using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install lector
How To Uninstall lector on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the lector package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove lector
lector Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/lector
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/lector
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/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/lector-0.5.1-py3.9.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/lector-0.5.1-py3.9.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/lector-0.5.1-py3.9.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/lector-0.5.1-py3.9.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/lector-0.5.1-py3.9.egg-info/top_level.txt
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lector on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.
