How To Install fonttosfnt on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonttosfnt in Fedora 36. fonttosfnt is Tool to wrap bdf or pcf bitmap fonts in an sfnt wrapper

Introduction

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

What is fonttosfnt

fonttosfnt wraps a set of bdf or pcf bitmap fonts in a sfnt (TrueType or OpenType) wrapper.

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

Install fonttosfnt 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 fonttosfnt using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fonttosfnt

Install fonttosfnt 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 fonttosfnt using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fonttosfnt

How To Uninstall fonttosfnt on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove fonttosfnt

fonttosfnt Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/fonttosfnt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b/f3685910219f31737ae8d2fb559dfbec878608
/usr/share/licenses/fonttosfnt
/usr/share/licenses/fonttosfnt/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/fonttosfnt.1.gz

References

Summary

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