How To Install pslib on Fedora 34

pslib is C-library to create PostScript files C-library to create PostScript files

Introduction

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

What is `pslib`

pslib is a C-library to create PostScript files on the fly. It offers many drawing primitives, inclusion of png and eps images and a very sophisticated text rendering including hyphenation, kerning and ligatures. It can read external Type1 fonts and embed them into the output file. It supports pdfmarks which makes it in combination with ghostscript’s pdfwriter an alternative for libraries creating PDF. pslib 0.4.5 22.fc34 x86_64 114 k pslib-0.4.5-22.fc34.src.rpm fedora C-library to create PostScript files http LGPLv2+ and MPLv1.0 and MIT pslib is a C-library to create PostScript files on the fly. It offers many drawing primitives, inclusion of png and eps images and a very sophisticated text rendering including hyphenation, kerning and ligatures. It can read external Type1 fonts and embed them into the output file. It supports pdfmarks which makes it in combination with ghostscript’s pdfwriter an alternative for libraries creating PDF.

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

Install pslib 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 pslib using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pslib

Install pslib 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 pslib using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pslib

How To Uninstall pslib on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove pslib

pslib Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/12
/usr/lib/.build-id/12/872b5ec577402e7affda469ab56ec0fee5fd84
/usr/lib64/libps.so.0
/usr/lib64/libps.so.0.4.5
/usr/share/doc/pslib
/usr/share/doc/pslib/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/pslib/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/pslib/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/pslib/README
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/pslib.mo
/usr/share/pslib
/usr/share/pslib/draft.ps
/usr/share/pslib/exectime.ps
/usr/share/pslib/grid.ps
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c/72c75e057f51ddea83e9ff5a321776a8cf4ce3
/usr/lib/libps.so.0
/usr/lib/libps.so.0.4.5
/usr/share/doc/pslib
/usr/share/doc/pslib/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/pslib/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/pslib/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/pslib/README
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/pslib.mo
/usr/share/pslib
/usr/share/pslib/draft.ps
/usr/share/pslib/exectime.ps
/usr/share/pslib/grid.ps

References

[pslib website](http://pslib.sourceforge.net/ http://pslib.sourceforge.net/)

Summary

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