How To Install ttmkfdir on Fedora 34

ttmkfdir is Utility to create fonts.scale files for truetype fonts

Introduction

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

What is ttmkfdir

ttmkfdir is a utility used to create fonts.scale files in TrueType font directories in order to prepare them for use by the font server.

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

Install ttmkfdir 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 ttmkfdir using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ttmkfdir

Install ttmkfdir 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 ttmkfdir using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ttmkfdir

How To Uninstall ttmkfdir on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove ttmkfdir

ttmkfdir Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/ttmkfdir
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/31
/usr/lib/.build-id/31/fb2576cc2898e02c5234ef55a3af91a76b41ca
/usr/share/doc/ttmkfdir
/usr/share/doc/ttmkfdir/README
/usr/share/man/man1/ttmkfdir.1.gz

References

Summary

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