How To Install rhino on Fedora 34

rhino is JavaScript for Java

Introduction

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

What is rhino

Rhino is an open-source implementation of JavaScript written entirely in Java. It is typically embedded into Java applications to provide scripting to end users.

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

Install rhino 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 rhino using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rhino

Install rhino 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 rhino using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rhino

How To Uninstall rhino on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove rhino

rhino Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/rhino
/usr/share/java/js.jar
/usr/share/java/rhino-examples.jar
/usr/share/java/rhino.jar
/usr/share/man/man1/rhino.1.gz
/usr/share/maven-metadata/rhino.xml
/usr/share/maven-poms/js.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/rhino.pom

References

Summary

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