How To Install unrtf on Fedora 34

unrtf is RTF (Rich Text Format) to other formats converter

Introduction

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

What is `unrtf`

UnRTF is a command-line program written in C which converts documents in Rich Text Format (.rtf) to HTML, LaTeX, troff macros, and RTF itself. Converting to HTML, it supports a number of features of Rich Text Format * Changes in the text’s font, size, weight (bold), and slant (italic) * Underlines and strikethroughs * Partial support for text shadowing, outlining, embossing, or engraving * Capitalizations * Superscripts and subscripts * Expanded and condensed text * Changes in the foreground and background colors * Conversion of special characters to HTML entities

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

Install unrtf 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 unrtf using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install unrtf

Install unrtf 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 unrtf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install unrtf

How To Uninstall unrtf on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove unrtf

unrtf Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/unrtf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5/cfa97689990078154a4e5bfb2a32df85e5a449
/usr/share/doc/unrtf
/usr/share/doc/unrtf/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/unrtf/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/unrtf/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/unrtf/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/unrtf/README
/usr/share/man/man1/unrtf.1.gz
/usr/share/unrtf
/usr/share/unrtf/SYMBOL.charmap
/usr/share/unrtf/html.conf
/usr/share/unrtf/latex.conf
/usr/share/unrtf/rtf.conf
/usr/share/unrtf/text.conf
/usr/share/unrtf/troff_mm.conf
/usr/share/unrtf/vt.conf

References

unrtf website

Summary

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