How To Install psftools on Fedora 34

psftools is Conversion tools for .PSF fonts

Introduction

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

What is psftools

The PSFTOOLS are designed to manipulate fixed-width bitmap fonts, such as DOS or Linux console fonts. Both the PSF1 (8 pixels wide) and PSF2 (any width) formats are supported; the default output format is PSF2.

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

Install psftools 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 psftools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install psftools

Install psftools 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 psftools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install psftools

How To Uninstall psftools on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove psftools

psftools Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/bbc2psf
/usr/bin/cpi2psf
/usr/bin/cpicomp
/usr/bin/cpidcomp
/usr/bin/fnt2psf
/usr/bin/fnts2fon
/usr/bin/fon2fnts
/usr/bin/mda2psf
/usr/bin/page2cp2
/usr/bin/psf2bbc
/usr/bin/psf2bdf
/usr/bin/psf2bsd
/usr/bin/psf2fnt
/usr/bin/psf2inc
/usr/bin/psf2pbms
/usr/bin/psf2raw
/usr/bin/psf2txt
/usr/bin/psf2wof
/usr/bin/psf2wyse
/usr/bin/psf2xbm
/usr/bin/psf2zx
/usr/bin/psfjoin
/usr/bin/psfmerge
/usr/bin/psfpages
/usr/bin/psfs2cpi
/usr/bin/psfs2mda
/usr/bin/psfxform
/usr/bin/raw2psf
/usr/bin/txt2psf
/usr/bin/wof2psf
/usr/bin/wyse2psf
/usr/bin/zx2psf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f/d46f1fbf76c118c72a6f805b7252a76712b181
/usr/lib/.build-id/11
/usr/lib/.build-id/11/29d68d30f1a23de99d1f674a3d7485d81b2533
/usr/lib/.build-id/14
/usr/lib/.build-id/14/fcff7282733bebb9b8c5b4d18a577cf764e7bd
/usr/lib/.build-id/18
/usr/lib/.build-id/18/9e2eb6e3f99819483b8eddd89bb221a639ae9c
/usr/lib/.build-id/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/4b46f804e42027547c006bd6e126fbefc5ceed
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c/2f043d4c53220a940ccbceeccbd7c7bbc7208b
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/254bd84dc1d4554f00c1ae2fd8414d60851d2f
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c/a2dff88b492f7e6c03eae221f6c089c25c5759
/usr/lib/.build-id/45
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/bee7f421a06fd30018a74d4cbe826d2cbd1846
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/f7cb97faafdd7dcd99446c7a15d3c4f0880993
/usr/lib/.build-id/46
/usr/lib/.build-id/46/4dad2fb765f23a5e753909450719235c88a2b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/4b
/usr/lib/.build-id/4b/3d85e467e036d4b28340e54cabb7ba49f2f942
/usr/lib/.build-id/4b/5783c51d731890024dc596a17293496b334e4f
/usr/lib/.build-id/4f
/usr/lib/.build-id/4f/11bd717ddfff783ad42e9d41f7bb88c216ba8e
/usr/lib/.build-id/57
/usr/lib/.build-id/57/7d5d9fde5fba7dafee9df6020014a491565003
/usr/lib/.build-id/72
/usr/lib/.build-id/72/6249a14674cc89405e1846a534253cec2ac79d
/usr/lib/.build-id/83
/usr/lib/.build-id/83/840a8915b675354b8ca9ae25177b8b997e8cf7
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d/966fb448a252db646950fdd4ecf8f56cdf304d
/usr/lib/.build-id/95
/usr/lib/.build-id/95/834b7b8f3f4c80b3c61c63207746b9ff1341c6
/usr/lib/.build-id/96
/usr/lib/.build-id/96/e180087e3a5dbe32effd7b12d6caadb27d56d0
/usr/lib/.build-id/9e
/usr/lib/.build-id/9e/0f944126e78f1f4f0e97b6048016e29289fed2
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6/4c479b74f850b016dbb43647412c7698aeecea
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab/214cca7abf6444716ae64fac65fe791cee2928
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf/cd299504b02d826fb652d8c96f94beee5ca90f
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3/5815f603dae38f7394ed03c8a01f7878678c64
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/85fb107addfaf4fe961e18f2f155b35c571090
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/8fa3621a934c96d142431d0a2707dfe0b687c3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9/4ffcdd54840f588591599e09656259db824b86
/usr/lib/.build-id/db
/usr/lib/.build-id/db/87e6bb19e11e9dcf06abdbe61bb1c5d28f1a42
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1/4b95dd999c17c06e3d4157857c2a88b20b5955
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed/73c22fcb9fc7b43c8a88f1bb7c6ab2de9c775e
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa/2b708db740d17166c79383049ca07177182ae5
/usr/share/doc/psftools
/usr/share/doc/psftools/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/psftools/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/psftools/codepage.txt
/usr/share/doc/psftools/cp2.txt
/usr/share/doc/psftools/cpi.txt
/usr/share/doc/psftools/psftools.txt
/usr/share/licenses/psftools
/usr/share/licenses/psftools/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/cpi2psf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cpicomp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cpidcomp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fnt2psf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fnts2fon.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fon2fnts.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mda2psf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/psf2bdf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/psf2bsd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/psf2fnt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/psf2inc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/psf2pbms.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/psf2raw.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/psf2txt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/psf2wof.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/psf2wyse.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/psf2xbm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/psf2zx.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/psfjoin.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/psfmerge.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/psfpages.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/psfs2cpi.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/psfs2mda.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/psfxform.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/raw2psf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/txt2psf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/wof2psf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/wyse2psf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/zx2psf.1.gz

References

Summary

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