How To Install xgap on Fedora 34

xgap is GUI for GAP

Introduction

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

What is xgap

A X Windows GUI for GAP.

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

Install xgap 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 xgap using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xgap

Install xgap 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 xgap using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xgap

How To Uninstall xgap on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove xgap

xgap Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/xgap
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/be
/usr/lib/.build-id/be/2ec6c180e68f22f5bb500b72c02b53fe3eddd5
/usr/lib/gap/pkg/xgap-4.30
/usr/lib/gap/pkg/xgap-4.30/PackageInfo.g
/usr/lib/gap/pkg/xgap-4.30/bin
/usr/lib/gap/pkg/xgap-4.30/bin/x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu-default64-kv7
/usr/lib/gap/pkg/xgap-4.30/bin/x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu-default64-kv7/xgap
/usr/lib/gap/pkg/xgap-4.30/init.g
/usr/lib/gap/pkg/xgap-4.30/lib
/usr/lib/gap/pkg/xgap-4.30/lib/color.gd
/usr/lib/gap/pkg/xgap-4.30/lib/color.gi
/usr/lib/gap/pkg/xgap-4.30/lib/font.gd
/usr/lib/gap/pkg/xgap-4.30/lib/font.gi
/usr/lib/gap/pkg/xgap-4.30/lib/gobject.gd
/usr/lib/gap/pkg/xgap-4.30/lib/gobject.gi
/usr/lib/gap/pkg/xgap-4.30/lib/ilatgrp.gd
/usr/lib/gap/pkg/xgap-4.30/lib/ilatgrp.gi
/usr/lib/gap/pkg/xgap-4.30/lib/meataxe.gd
/usr/lib/gap/pkg/xgap-4.30/lib/meataxe.gi
/usr/lib/gap/pkg/xgap-4.30/lib/menu.gd
/usr/lib/gap/pkg/xgap-4.30/lib/menu.gi
/usr/lib/gap/pkg/xgap-4.30/lib/poset.gd
/usr/lib/gap/pkg/xgap-4.30/lib/poset.gi
/usr/lib/gap/pkg/xgap-4.30/lib/read1.g
/usr/lib/gap/pkg/xgap-4.30/lib/sheet.gd
/usr/lib/gap/pkg/xgap-4.30/lib/sheet.gi
/usr/lib/gap/pkg/xgap-4.30/lib/window.g
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XGap
/usr/share/applications/xgap.desktop
/usr/share/doc/xgap
/usr/share/doc/xgap/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/xgap/README

References

Summary

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