How To Install xpr on Fedora 34

xpr is Convert xwd window dumps to printer formats

Introduction

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

What is xpr

xpr takes as input a window dump file produced by xwd and formats it for output on various types of printers.

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

Install xpr 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 xpr using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xpr

Install xpr 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 xpr using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xpr

How To Uninstall xpr on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove xpr

xpr Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/xdpr
/usr/bin/xpr
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8/06292b9f1948135961c9801cb6e66aec6fbe97
/usr/share/licenses/xpr
/usr/share/licenses/xpr/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/xdpr.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xpr.1.gz

References

Summary

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