How To Install qstardict on Fedora 34

qstardict is StarDict clone written using Qt

Introduction

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

What is qstardict

QStarDict is a StarDict clone written using Qt. The user interface is similar to StarDict. Main features * Full support of StarDict dictionaries * Working from the system tray * Scanning mouse selection and showing pop-up windows with translation of selected words * Translations reformatting * Pronouncing of the translated words * Plugins support

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

Install qstardict 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 qstardict using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install qstardict

Install qstardict 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 qstardict using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install qstardict

How To Uninstall qstardict on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove qstardict

qstardict Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/qstardict
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9/421879e23fcb924bf133a4cb58b6aa7151e1c4
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed/7c949a21607c852c613f23143fc17bdfedcf0a
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4/8f6ef642f43471a0850743dcbe9a56fab1a8cf
/usr/lib64/qstardict
/usr/lib64/qstardict/plugins
/usr/lib64/qstardict/plugins/libstardict.so
/usr/lib64/qstardict/plugins/libweb.so
/usr/share/applications/qstardict.desktop
/usr/share/doc/qstardict
/usr/share/doc/qstardict/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/qstardict/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/qstardict/README
/usr/share/doc/qstardict/THANKS
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/qstardict.svg
/usr/share/licenses/qstardict
/usr/share/licenses/qstardict/COPYING
/usr/share/qstardict
/usr/share/qstardict/translations
/usr/share/qstardict/translations/qstardict-bg_BG.qm
/usr/share/qstardict/translations/qstardict-cs_CZ.qm
/usr/share/qstardict/translations/qstardict-de_DE.qm
/usr/share/qstardict/translations/qstardict-es_ES.qm
/usr/share/qstardict/translations/qstardict-fr_FR.qm
/usr/share/qstardict/translations/qstardict-it_IT.qm
/usr/share/qstardict/translations/qstardict-lt_LT.qm
/usr/share/qstardict/translations/qstardict-pl_PL.qm
/usr/share/qstardict/translations/qstardict-pt_BR.qm
/usr/share/qstardict/translations/qstardict-ru_RU.qm
/usr/share/qstardict/translations/qstardict-ua_UA.qm
/usr/share/qstardict/translations/qstardict-zh_CN.qm
/usr/share/qstardict/translations/qstardict-zh_TW.qm

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Summary

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