How To Install qmaptool on Fedora 34

qmaptool is Create raster maps from paper map scans

Introduction

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

What is qmaptool

This is a tool to create raster maps from paper map scans. QMapTool can be considered as a front-end to the well-known GDAL package. It complements QMapShack.

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

Install qmaptool 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 qmaptool using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install qmaptool

Install qmaptool 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 qmaptool using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install qmaptool

How To Uninstall qmaptool on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove qmaptool

qmaptool Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/qmaptool
/usr/bin/qmt_map2jnx
/usr/bin/qmt_rgb2pct
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/71
/usr/lib/.build-id/71/7a4566b026facee998844816bdec5533bdd122
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6/10c542660f6af7aaa40fb8db2def389cc41f75
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/2fd6ca33f17ab540e91f197a59723e5ab920b5
/usr/share/applications/qmaptool.desktop
/usr/share/doc/HTML/QMTHelp.qch
/usr/share/doc/HTML/QMTHelp.qhc
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/QMapTool.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/QMapTool.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/192x192/apps/QMapTool.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/QMapTool.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/QMapTool.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/QMapTool.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/QMapTool.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/36x36/apps/QMapTool.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/40x40/apps/QMapTool.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/42x42/apps/QMapTool.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/QMapTool.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/QMapTool.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/QMapTool.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/72x72/apps/QMapTool.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/80x80/apps/QMapTool.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/8x8/apps/QMapTool.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/96x96/apps/QMapTool.png
/usr/share/man/man1/qmaptool.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/qmt_map2jnx.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/qmt_rgb2pct.1.gz
/usr/share/pixmaps/QMapTool.png
/usr/share/qmaptool
/usr/share/qmaptool/translations
/usr/share/qmaptool/translations/qmaptool_de.qm
/usr/share/qmaptool/translations/qmaptool_es.qm
/usr/share/qmaptool/translations/qmaptool_it.qm
/usr/share/qmaptool/translations/qmaptool_ru.qm
/usr/share/qmt_rgb2pct
/usr/share/qmt_rgb2pct/translations
/usr/share/qmt_rgb2pct/translations/qmt_rgb2pct_de.qm

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Summary

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