How To Install libXfont2 on Fedora 34

libXfont2 is X.Org X11 libXfont2 runtime library X.Org X11 libXfont2 runtime library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libXfont2 on Fedora 34.

What is libXfont2

X.Org X11 libXfont2 runtime library libXfont2 2.0.3 10.fc34 x86_64 145 k libXfont2-2.0.3-10.fc34.src.rpm fedora X.Org X11 libXfont2 runtime library http MIT X.Org X11 libXfont2 runtime library

We can use yum or dnf to install libXfont2 on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libXfont2.

Install libXfont2 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 libXfont2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libXfont2

Install libXfont2 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 libXfont2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libXfont2

How To Uninstall libXfont2 on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the libXfont2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libXfont2

libXfont2 Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b/f73179ef37fab7fd571a825b0b9ee34b3aa2ab
/usr/lib/libXfont2.so.2
/usr/lib/libXfont2.so.2.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libXfont2
/usr/share/doc/libXfont2/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libXfont2/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libXfont2/README
/usr/share/licenses/libXfont2
/usr/share/licenses/libXfont2/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7/c5003589e0ab0373985cb557baad069c8652bb
/usr/lib64/libXfont2.so.2
/usr/lib64/libXfont2.so.2.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libXfont2
/usr/share/doc/libXfont2/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libXfont2/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libXfont2/README
/usr/share/licenses/libXfont2
/usr/share/licenses/libXfont2/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libXfont2 on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.