How To Install pal on Fedora 34

pal is Command line calendar that displays holidays and events

Introduction

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

What is pal

Pal is command-line calendar program for Unix/Linux that can keep track of events. It has similarities with the Unix cal command, the more complex GNU gcal program, and the calendar program distributed with the BSDs.

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

Install pal 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 pal using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pal

Install pal 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 pal using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pal

How To Uninstall pal on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove pal

pal Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/pal.conf
/usr/bin/pal
/usr/bin/vcard2pal
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1/cab971a600d1758d19383d81c30ba1d3e86d03
/usr/share/doc/pal
/usr/share/doc/pal/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/pal/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/pal/example.css
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/pal.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/pal.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/pal.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/pal.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/pal.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/pal.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/vcard2pal.1.gz
/usr/share/pal
/usr/share/pal/australia.pal
/usr/share/pal/austria.pal
/usr/share/pal/birth-death.pal
/usr/share/pal/christian.pal
/usr/share/pal/computer.pal
/usr/share/pal/history.pal
/usr/share/pal/lotr.pal
/usr/share/pal/music.pal
/usr/share/pal/pagan.pal
/usr/share/pal/us.pal
/usr/share/pal/world.pal

References

Summary

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