How To Install sdcv on Fedora 34

sdcv is Console version of StarDict program

Introduction

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

What is sdcv

SDCV is simple, cross-platform text-base utility for work with dictionaries in StarDict’s format.

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

Install sdcv 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 sdcv using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sdcv

Install sdcv 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 sdcv using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sdcv

How To Uninstall sdcv on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove sdcv

sdcv Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/sdcv
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/4d6e0253c15f693b4fec4bf5b9027b45243215
/usr/share/doc/sdcv
/usr/share/doc/sdcv/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/sdcv/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/sdcv/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/sdcv/README.org
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/sdcv.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/sdcv.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/sdcv.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/sdcv.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/sdcv.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/sdcv.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/sdcv.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/sdcv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man1/sdcv.1.gz

References

Summary

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