How To Install OpenEXR_Viewers on Fedora 34

OpenEXR_Viewers is Viewers programs for OpenEXR

Introduction

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

What is OpenEXR_Viewers

exrdisplay is a simple still image viewer that optionally applies color transforms to OpenEXR images, using ctl as explained in this document doc/OpenEXRViewers.pdf

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

Install OpenEXR_Viewers 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 OpenEXR_Viewers using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install OpenEXR_Viewers

Install OpenEXR_Viewers 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 OpenEXR_Viewers using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install OpenEXR_Viewers

How To Uninstall OpenEXR_Viewers on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove OpenEXR_Viewers

OpenEXR_Viewers Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/exrdisplay
/usr/bin/exrdisplay-fedora
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/7ea46aba0bbd80132be443d2cb5d3b39b2db4d
/usr/share/doc/OpenEXR_Viewers
/usr/share/doc/OpenEXR_Viewers/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/OpenEXR_Viewers/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/OpenEXR_Viewers
/usr/share/licenses/OpenEXR_Viewers/LICENSE

References

Summary

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