How To Install bdftopcf on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bdftopcf on Fedora 36.
What is bdftopcf
bdftopcf is a font compiler for the X server and font server. Fonts in Portable Compiled Format can be read by any architecture, although the file is structured to allow one particular architecture to read them directly without reformatting. This allows fast reading on the appropriate machine, but the files are still portable (but read more slowly) on other machines.
We can use yum or dnf to install bdftopcf on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bdftopcf.
Install bdftopcf 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 bdftopcf using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install bdftopcf
Install bdftopcf 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 bdftopcf using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install bdftopcf
How To Uninstall bdftopcf on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the bdftopcf package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove bdftopcf
bdftopcf Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/bin/bdftopcf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/29
/usr/lib/.build-id/29/7a88173da6ec94029035918c8077d158a00677
/usr/share/licenses/bdftopcf
/usr/share/licenses/bdftopcf/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/bdftopcf.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bdftopcf on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).
