How To Install xcalc on Fedora 34

xcalc is Scientific Calculator X11 Client

Introduction

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

What is xcalc

xcalc is a scientific calculator X11 client.

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

Install xcalc 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 xcalc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xcalc

Install xcalc 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 xcalc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xcalc

How To Uninstall xcalc on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove xcalc

xcalc Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/xcalc
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/51
/usr/lib/.build-id/51/da735020fe8c66adec9509c5fa47df3fd4b081
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XCalc
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XCalc-color
/usr/share/applications/xcalc.desktop
/usr/share/doc/xcalc
/usr/share/doc/xcalc/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/xcalc/README.md
/usr/share/man/man1/xcalc.1.gz

References

Summary

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