How To Install Pencil2D on Fedora 34

Pencil2D is Animation/drawing software

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install Pencil2D on Fedora 34.

What is Pencil2D

Pencil2D lets you create traditional hand-drawn animation

We can use yum or dnf to install Pencil2D on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install Pencil2D.

Install Pencil2D 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 Pencil2D using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install Pencil2D

Install Pencil2D 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 Pencil2D using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install Pencil2D

How To Uninstall Pencil2D on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the Pencil2D package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove Pencil2D

Pencil2D Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/pencil2d
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a/910ea54b161839c4a73efb1acf7155a9ece43b
/usr/share/applications/org.pencil2d.Pencil2D.desktop
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/pencil2d
/usr/share/doc/Pencil2D
/usr/share/doc/Pencil2D/build-options.md
/usr/share/doc/Pencil2D/build_linux.md
/usr/share/doc/Pencil2D/build_mac.md
/usr/share/doc/Pencil2D/build_win.md
/usr/share/doc/Pencil2D/dive-into-code.md
/usr/share/doc/Pencil2D/main.md
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/org.pencil2d.Pencil2D.png
/usr/share/licenses/Pencil2D
/usr/share/licenses/Pencil2D/LICENSE.TXT
/usr/share/metainfo/org.pencil2d.Pencil2D.metainfo.xml
/usr/share/mime/packages/org.pencil2d.Pencil2D.xml
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_pencil2d

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install Pencil2D on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.