How To Install rasterview on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rasterview on Fedora 34.
What is rasterview
CUPS uses an intermediate format called raster for inkjet printers and others that require rasterized input. This program can be used to view this intermediate format and is mainly used for debugging printer drivers.
We can use yum or dnf to install rasterview on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rasterview.
Install rasterview 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 rasterview using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rasterview
Install rasterview 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 rasterview using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rasterview
How To Uninstall rasterview on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the rasterview package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rasterview
rasterview Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/rasterview
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9/b698f672aa335c0001f4ceb2446a9c27391057
/usr/share/applications/Development/rasterview.desktop
/usr/share/applications/rasterview.desktop
/usr/share/doc/rasterview
/usr/share/doc/rasterview/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/rasterview/NOTICE
/usr/share/doc/rasterview/README.md
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/rasterview.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/rasterview.png
/usr/share/mimelnk/application/vnd.cups-raster.desktop
/usr/share/mimelnk/image/pwg-raster.desktop
/usr/share/mimelnk/image/urf.desktop
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rasterview on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.