How To Install mscgen on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mscgen on Fedora 34.
What is mscgen
Mscgen is a small program that parses Message Sequence Chart descriptions and produces PNG, SVG, EPS or server side image maps (ismaps) as the output. Message Sequence Charts (MSCs) are a way of representing entities and interactions over some time period and are often used in combination with SDL. MSCs are popular in Telecoms to specify how protocols operate although MSCs need not be complicated to create or use. Mscgen aims to provide a simple text language that is clear to create, edit and understand, which can also be transformed into common image formats for display or printing.
We can use yum or dnf to install mscgen on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mscgen.
Install mscgen 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 mscgen using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mscgen
Install mscgen 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 mscgen using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mscgen
How To Uninstall mscgen on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the mscgen package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mscgen
mscgen Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/mscgen
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf/ba764ef961c20a77df398b9ccf2f6bf340de32
/usr/share/doc/mscgen
/usr/share/doc/mscgen/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/mscgen/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/mscgen/README
/usr/share/doc/mscgen/TODO
/usr/share/doc/mscgen/examples
/usr/share/doc/mscgen/examples/boxes_example.msc
/usr/share/doc/mscgen/examples/client_server.msc
/usr/share/doc/mscgen/examples/colour_sample.msc
/usr/share/doc/mscgen/examples/msg_types.msc
/usr/share/doc/mscgen/examples/simple_prog_desc.msc
/usr/share/doc/mscgen/mscgen.lang
/usr/share/man/man1/mscgen.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mscgen on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.
