How To Install editres on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install editres in Fedora 36. editres is X11 utility to view and edit application resources

Introduction

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

What is editres

editres is a tool that allows users and application developers to view the full widget hierarchy of any Xt Toolkit application that speaks the Editres protocol In addition, editres will help the user construct resource specifications, allow the user to apply the resource to the application and view the results dynamically.

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

Install editres 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 editres using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install editres

Install editres 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 editres using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install editres

How To Uninstall editres on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove editres

editres Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/editres
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/68
/usr/lib/.build-id/68/cbdad82b09ede1469738bd32bf16e0507adbb5
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/Editres
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/Editres-color
/usr/share/licenses/editres
/usr/share/licenses/editres/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/editres.1.gz

References

Summary

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