How To Install screenruler on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install screenruler on Fedora 34.
What is screenruler
Screenruler is a small GNOME based utility that allows you to measure objects on your desktop. It can be used to take both horizontal and vertical measurement in 6 different metrics and as a percentage of the ruler’s length.
We can use yum or dnf to install screenruler on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install screenruler.
Install screenruler 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 screenruler using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install screenruler
Install screenruler 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 screenruler using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install screenruler
How To Uninstall screenruler on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the screenruler package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove screenruler
screenruler Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/screenruler
/usr/share/appdata/screenruler.appdata.xml
/usr/share/applications/screenruler.desktop
/usr/share/doc/screenruler
/usr/share/doc/screenruler/AUTHORS
/usr/share/licenses/screenruler
/usr/share/licenses/screenruler/COPYING
/usr/share/pixmaps/screenruler-icon-16x16.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/screenruler-icon-32x32.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/screenruler-icon-64x64.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/screenruler-icon.png
/usr/share/screenruler
/usr/share/screenruler/help_window.glade
/usr/share/screenruler/help_window.rb
/usr/share/screenruler/preferences_window.glade
/usr/share/screenruler/preferences_window.rb
/usr/share/screenruler/ruler_popup_menu.glade
/usr/share/screenruler/ruler_popup_menu.rb
/usr/share/screenruler/ruler_window.glade
/usr/share/screenruler/ruler_window.rb
/usr/share/screenruler/screenruler-icon-16x16.png
/usr/share/screenruler/screenruler-icon-32x32.png
/usr/share/screenruler/screenruler-icon-64x64.png
/usr/share/screenruler/screenruler.pot
/usr/share/screenruler/screenruler.rb
/usr/share/screenruler/screenruler.rbruby19
/usr/share/screenruler/utils
/usr/share/screenruler/utils/addons_gtk.rb
/usr/share/screenruler/utils/addons_ruby.rb
/usr/share/screenruler/utils/addons_ruby.rb.ruby25
/usr/share/screenruler/utils/canvas.rb
/usr/share/screenruler/utils/glade_window.rb
/usr/share/screenruler/utils/settings.rb
/usr/share/screenruler/utils/unique_timeout.rb
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install screenruler on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.