How To Install avogadro2 on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install avogadro2 in Fedora 36. avogadro2 is Advanced molecular editor

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install avogadro2 on Fedora 36.

What is avogadro2

Avogadro is an advanced molecular editor designed for cross-platform use in computational chemistry, molecular modeling, bioinformatics, materials science, and related areas. It offers flexible rendering and a powerful plugin architecture. The code in this repository is a rewrite of Avogadro with source code split across a libraries repository and an application repository. Core features and goals of the Avogadro project * Open source distributed under the liberal 3-clause BSD license * Cross platform with nightly builds on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows * Intuitive interface designed to be useful to whole community * Fast and efficient embracing the latest technologies * Extensible, making extensive use of a plugin architecture * Flexible supporting a range of chemical data formats and packages

We can use yum or dnf to install avogadro2 on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install avogadro2.

Install avogadro2 on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install avogadro2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install avogadro2

Install avogadro2 on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install avogadro2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install avogadro2

How To Uninstall avogadro2 on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the avogadro2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove avogadro2

avogadro2 Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/avogadro2
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/07
/usr/lib/.build-id/07/d194cbc308f3ea5ef8ea322e88b44f2d4a1053
/usr/share/applications/avogadro2-x11.desktop
/usr/share/applications/avogadro2.desktop
/usr/share/doc/avogadro2
/usr/share/doc/avogadro2/README.md
/usr/share/icons/avogadro2
/usr/share/icons/avogadro2/Avogadro2_About.png
/usr/share/icons/avogadro2/[email protected]
/usr/share/icons/avogadro2/avogadro.icns
/usr/share/icons/avogadro2/avogadro.ico
/usr/share/icons/avogadro2/avogadro.png
/usr/share/icons/avogadro2/avogadro.rc
/usr/share/icons/avogadro2/avogadro2.desktop
/usr/share/icons/avogadro2/avogadro2_128.png
/usr/share/icons/avogadro2/avogadro2_256.png
/usr/share/icons/avogadro2/avogadro2_512.png
/usr/share/icons/avogadro2/avogadro2_64.png
/usr/share/icons/avogadro2/[email protected]
/usr/share/icons/avogadro2/cjson.icns
/usr/share/icons/avogadro2/cjson.ico
/usr/share/icons/avogadro2/cjson_512.png
/usr/share/icons/avogadro2/cml.icns
/usr/share/icons/avogadro2/cml.ico
/usr/share/icons/avogadro2/cml_512.png
/usr/share/icons/avogadro2/doc.icns
/usr/share/icons/avogadro2/doc.ico
/usr/share/icons/avogadro2/doc_512.png
/usr/share/licenses/avogadro2
/usr/share/licenses/avogadro2/LICENSE
/usr/share/metainfo/avogadro2.appdata.xml
/usr/share/pixmaps/avogadro2.png

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install avogadro2 on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).