How To Install chemtool on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install chemtool in Fedora 36. chemtool is A program for 2D drawing organic molecules

Introduction

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

What is chemtool

Chemtool is a program for drawing organic molecules easily and store them in a variety of output formats including as a X bitmap, Xfig, SVG or EPS file. It runs under the X Window System using the GTK widget set.

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

Install chemtool 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 chemtool using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install chemtool

Install chemtool 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 chemtool using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install chemtool

How To Uninstall chemtool on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove chemtool

chemtool Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/chemtool
/usr/bin/chemtoolbg
/usr/bin/cht
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/85
/usr/lib/.build-id/85/3e6751c6211281c34cbeddab7b4a9f4bec6ae3
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f/eab9cf5059748f9cc9f8c7a2c78a06132768f2
/usr/share/applications/chemtool.desktop
/usr/share/doc/chemtool
/usr/share/doc/chemtool/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/chemtool/README
/usr/share/doc/chemtool/TODO
/usr/share/doc/chemtool/examples
/usr/share/doc/chemtool/examples/14263232.mol
/usr/share/doc/chemtool/examples/AMP.cht
/usr/share/doc/chemtool/examples/Adenosine.cht
/usr/share/doc/chemtool/examples/Dehydrotubifolin.cht
/usr/share/doc/chemtool/examples/G-host.pdb
/usr/share/doc/chemtool/examples/Indolizomycin.cht
/usr/share/doc/chemtool/examples/Lepicidin-A-Aglycon.cht
/usr/share/doc/chemtool/examples/Neu2
/usr/share/doc/chemtool/examples/amine.mol
/usr/share/doc/chemtool/examples/anabsinthin.cht
/usr/share/doc/chemtool/examples/anthocyanidine.cht
/usr/share/doc/chemtool/examples/atp.cht
/usr/share/doc/chemtool/examples/bcarotin.pdb
/usr/share/doc/chemtool/examples/breve.cht
/usr/share/doc/chemtool/examples/bufotalin.cht
/usr/share/doc/chemtool/examples/byrostatin1.cht
/usr/share/doc/chemtool/examples/c70.cht
/usr/share/doc/chemtool/examples/camphor.cht
/usr/share/doc/chemtool/examples/chlorophyll.cht
/usr/share/doc/chemtool/examples/claisen.cht
/usr/share/doc/chemtool/examples/dodecahedran.cht
/usr/share/doc/chemtool/examples/indigo.cht
/usr/share/doc/chemtool/examples/kdo.cht
/usr/share/doc/chemtool/examples/krebs.cht
/usr/share/doc/chemtool/examples/labeltest
/usr/share/doc/chemtool/examples/pagodan.cht
/usr/share/doc/chemtool/examples/penicillin_v.cht
/usr/share/doc/chemtool/examples/pteridin.cht
/usr/share/doc/chemtool/examples/reaction.cht
/usr/share/doc/chemtool/examples/rutamycin_b.cht
/usr/share/doc/chemtool/examples/sample.sdf
/usr/share/doc/chemtool/examples/tbutylazulene.cht
/usr/share/doc/chemtool/examples/tcdd.cht
/usr/share/doc/chemtool/examples/tetracyclin.cht
/usr/share/doc/chemtool/examples/textsizes.cht
/usr/share/doc/chemtool/examples/v3000.mol
/usr/share/doc/chemtool/examples/viagra.cht
/usr/share/doc/chemtool/using_chemtool.html
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/mimetypes/chemtool.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/chemtool.png
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/chemtool.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/chemtool.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/chemtool.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/chemtool.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/chemtool.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/chemtool.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/chemtool.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_PT/LC_MESSAGES/chemtool.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/chemtool.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/chemtool.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cht.1.gz
/usr/share/mime-types/chemtool.keys
/usr/share/mime-types/chemtool.mime
/usr/share/mimelnk/application/x-chemtool.desktop

References

Summary

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