How To Install rgb on Fedora 34

rgb is X color name database

Introduction

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

What is rgb

This package includes both a list mapping X color names to RGB values (rgb.txt) and an showrgb program to convert the text file into the source format.

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

Install rgb 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 rgb using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rgb

Install rgb 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 rgb using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rgb

How To Uninstall rgb on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove rgb

rgb Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/showrgb
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8/9469526b80819c5ca2126cd958e9d6b8a1ea63
/usr/share/X11/rgb.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/showrgb.1.gz

References

Summary

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