How To Install xournal on Fedora 34

xournal is Notetaking, sketching, PDF annotation and general journal

Introduction

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

What is xournal

Xournal is an application for notetaking, sketching, keeping a journal and annotating PDFs. Xournal aims to provide superior graphical quality (subpixel resolution) and overall functionality.

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

Install xournal 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 xournal using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xournal

Install xournal 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 xournal using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xournal

How To Uninstall xournal on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove xournal

xournal Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/xournal
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4/c092e6f94e70481bc253737a9edf59c0e8e95a
/usr/share/applications/xournal.desktop
/usr/share/doc/xournal
/usr/share/doc/xournal/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/xournal/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/xournal/ChangeLog
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/xournal.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/mimetypes/application-x-xoj.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-x-xoj.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/xournal.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/mimetypes/application-x-xoj.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-x-xoj.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/xournal.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/mimetypes/application-x-xoj.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-x-xoj.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/xournal.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/mimetypes/application-x-xoj.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-x-xoj.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/xournal.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/mimetypes/application-x-xoj.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-x-xoj.png
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/xournal.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/xournal.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/xournal.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/xournal.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/xournal.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/xournal.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/xournal.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/xournal.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/xournal.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/xournal.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/xournal.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/xournal.mo
/usr/share/mime/packages/xournal.xml
/usr/share/mimelnk/application/x-xoj.desktop
/usr/share/pixmaps/xournal.png
/usr/share/xournal
/usr/share/xournal/html-doc
/usr/share/xournal/html-doc/manual.html
/usr/share/xournal/html-doc/pixmaps
/usr/share/xournal/html-doc/screenshot.png
/usr/share/xournal/pixmaps
/usr/share/xournal/pixmaps/black.png
/usr/share/xournal/pixmaps/blue.png
/usr/share/xournal/pixmaps/default-pen.png
/usr/share/xournal/pixmaps/eraser.png
/usr/share/xournal/pixmaps/fullscreen.png
/usr/share/xournal/pixmaps/gray.png
/usr/share/xournal/pixmaps/green.png
/usr/share/xournal/pixmaps/hand.png
/usr/share/xournal/pixmaps/highlighter.png
/usr/share/xournal/pixmaps/lasso.png
/usr/share/xournal/pixmaps/lightblue.png
/usr/share/xournal/pixmaps/lightgreen.png
/usr/share/xournal/pixmaps/magenta.png
/usr/share/xournal/pixmaps/medium.png
/usr/share/xournal/pixmaps/orange.png
/usr/share/xournal/pixmaps/pencil.png
/usr/share/xournal/pixmaps/rect-select.png
/usr/share/xournal/pixmaps/recycled.png
/usr/share/xournal/pixmaps/red.png
/usr/share/xournal/pixmaps/ruler.png
/usr/share/xournal/pixmaps/shapes.png
/usr/share/xournal/pixmaps/stretch.png
/usr/share/xournal/pixmaps/text-tool.png
/usr/share/xournal/pixmaps/thick.png
/usr/share/xournal/pixmaps/thin.png
/usr/share/xournal/pixmaps/white.png
/usr/share/xournal/pixmaps/xoj.svg
/usr/share/xournal/pixmaps/xournal.png
/usr/share/xournal/pixmaps/xournal.svg
/usr/share/xournal/pixmaps/yellow.png

References

Summary

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