How To Install linsmith on Fedora 34

linsmith is A Smith charting program

Introduction

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

What is linsmith

linSmith is a Smith Charting program. It’s main features are * Definition of multiple load impedances * Addition of discrete and line components * A ‘virtual’ component switches from impedance to admittance to help explaining parallel components * The chart works in real impedances * Load and circuit configuration is stored separately, permitting several solutions without re-defining the other

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

Install linsmith 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 linsmith using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install linsmith

Install linsmith 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 linsmith using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install linsmith

How To Uninstall linsmith on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove linsmith

linsmith Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/linsmith
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9/38615be364cba580fe54b32c126103b9c0157e
/usr/share/applications/linsmith.desktop
/usr/share/doc/linsmith
/usr/share/doc/linsmith/6-1.circ
/usr/share/doc/linsmith/6-4.circ
/usr/share/doc/linsmith/6-4.load
/usr/share/doc/linsmith/6-5.circ
/usr/share/doc/linsmith/6-5.load
/usr/share/doc/linsmith/6-6.circ
/usr/share/doc/linsmith/6-6.load
/usr/share/doc/linsmith/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/linsmith/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/linsmith/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/linsmith/README
/usr/share/doc/linsmith/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/linsmith/aaa.s2p
/usr/share/doc/linsmith/conv0809
/usr/share/doc/linsmith/f_and_h.circ
/usr/share/doc/linsmith/f_and_h.load
/usr/share/doc/linsmith/f_and_h_rotate_to_load.circ
/usr/share/doc/linsmith/manual.pdf
/usr/share/doc/linsmith/mgf1302.s2p
/usr/share/doc/linsmith/nb_40.load
/usr/share/doc/linsmith/nbb300.s2p
/usr/share/licenses/linsmith
/usr/share/licenses/linsmith/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/linsmith.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/linsmith.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/linsmith.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/linsmith.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/linsmith.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh/LC_MESSAGES/linsmith.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/linsmith.1.gz
/usr/share/pixmaps/linsmith
/usr/share/pixmaps/linsmith/linsmith_icon.xpm
/usr/share/pixmaps/linsmith/smith4.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/linsmith/smithent.png

References

Summary

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