How To Install potrace on Fedora 34

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Introduction

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

What is potrace

Potrace is a utility for tracing a bitmap, which means, transforming a bitmap into a smooth, scalable image. The input is a bitmap (PBM, PGM, PPM, or BMP format), and the default output is an encapsulated PostScript file (EPS). A typical use is to create EPS files from scanned data, such as company or university logos, handwritten notes, etc. The resulting image is not “jaggy” like a bitmap, but smooth. It can then be rendered at any resolution. Potrace can currently produce the following output formats PDF, SVG (scalable vector graphics), Xfig, Gimppath, and PGM (for easy antialiasing). Additional backends might be added in the future. Mkbitmap is a program distributed with Potrace which can be used to pre-process the input for better tracing behavior on greyscale and color images. potrace 1.16 5.fc34 x86_64 121 k potrace-1.16-5.fc34.src.rpm fedora Transform bitmaps into vector graphics http GPLv2+ Potrace is a utility for tracing a bitmap, which means, transforming a bitmap into a smooth, scalable image. The input is a bitmap (PBM, PGM, PPM, or BMP format), and the default output is an encapsulated PostScript file (EPS). A typical use is to create EPS files from scanned data, such as company or university logos, handwritten notes, etc. The resulting image is not “jaggy” like a bitmap, but smooth. It can then be rendered at any resolution. Potrace can currently produce the following output formats PDF, SVG (scalable vector graphics), Xfig, Gimppath, and PGM (for easy antialiasing). Additional backends might be added in the future. Mkbitmap is a program distributed with Potrace which can be used to pre-process the input for better tracing behavior on greyscale and color images.

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

Install potrace 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 potrace using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install potrace

Install potrace 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 potrace using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install potrace

How To Uninstall potrace on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove potrace

potrace Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/mkbitmap
/usr/bin/potrace
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/12
/usr/lib/.build-id/12/30334260cf1baf0a927d0ccd05a546b9ec1e2f
/usr/lib/.build-id/92
/usr/lib/.build-id/92/25f13ec7e178ce028bab3348982607c74c900b
/usr/lib/.build-id/db
/usr/lib/.build-id/db/b5c91deb54a66616a80509f87c7979b535fc6f
/usr/lib/libpotrace.so.0
/usr/lib/libpotrace.so.0.0.6
/usr/share/doc/potrace
/usr/share/doc/potrace/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/potrace/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/potrace/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/potrace/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/potrace/README
/usr/share/doc/potrace/placement.pdf
/usr/share/man/man1/mkbitmap.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/potrace.1.gz
/usr/bin/mkbitmap
/usr/bin/potrace
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a/613b3d894240847031def2dc7d3b90b516d20d
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d/974ade034a0a653bfcb0b36223544650f1f5b8
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff/2573597e830d2c17bb2b7c73cdf77dcb69c2d5
/usr/lib64/libpotrace.so.0
/usr/lib64/libpotrace.so.0.0.6
/usr/share/doc/potrace
/usr/share/doc/potrace/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/potrace/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/potrace/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/potrace/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/potrace/README
/usr/share/doc/potrace/placement.pdf
/usr/share/man/man1/mkbitmap.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/potrace.1.gz

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Summary

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