How To Install eot-utils on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install eot-utils on Fedora 36.
What is eot-utils
The eot-utils are the two programs mkeot and eotinfo. The former creates an EOT (Embedded OpenType) file from an OpenType or TrueType font and the URLs of one or more Web pages, respecting the TrueType embedding bits. The eotinfo program displays EOT metadata in a human-readable way.
We can use yum or dnf to install eot-utils on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install eot-utils.
Install eot-utils 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 eot-utils using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install eot-utils
Install eot-utils 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 eot-utils using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install eot-utils
How To Uninstall eot-utils on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the eot-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove eot-utils
eot-utils Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/bin/eotinfo
/usr/bin/mkeot
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/77
/usr/lib/.build-id/77/ad15f3604aa09e7dc78d0ab465e6c7a1ab6916
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3/e57eeaad67205f60d7157f7bdf54261e679cb6
/usr/share/doc/eot-utils
/usr/share/doc/eot-utils/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/eot-utils/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/eot-utils/README
/usr/share/licenses/eot-utils
/usr/share/licenses/eot-utils/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/eotinfo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mkeot.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install eot-utils on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).