How To Install xconvers on Fedora 34

xconvers is Ham radio convers client similar to IRC for X/GTK

Introduction

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

What is xconvers

Xconvers is a client to connect to a convers server (port 3600). In a split-screen session you can type text into the bottom screen. The reply from the server can be seen in the top screen. Features optional saving of the session to a log file, history for the connect dialog and the send widget and autologin.

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

Install xconvers 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 xconvers using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xconvers

Install xconvers 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 xconvers using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xconvers

How To Uninstall xconvers on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove xconvers

xconvers Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/xconvers
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7/e9301cfad556222b80075bc41e37821ff4bcec
/usr/share/applications/xconvers.desktop
/usr/share/doc/xconvers
/usr/share/doc/xconvers/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/xconvers/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/xconvers/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/xconvers/README
/usr/share/doc/xconvers/TODO
/usr/share/doc/xconvers/changelog
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/xconvers.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/xconvers.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/xconvers.1.gz
/usr/share/pixmaps/xconvers.png
/usr/share/xconvers
/usr/share/xconvers/pixmaps
/usr/share/xconvers/pixmaps/cancel.xpm
/usr/share/xconvers/pixmaps/mini-xconvers.xpm
/usr/share/xconvers/pixmaps/ok.xpm
/usr/share/xconvers/pixmaps/xconvers.png
/usr/share/xconvers/pixmaps/xconvers.xpm

References

Summary

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