How To Install fop on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install fop in Fedora 36. fop is XSL-driven print formatter

Introduction

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

What is `fop`

FOP is the world’s first print formatter driven by XSL formatting objects. It is a Java application that reads a formatting object tree and then turns it into a PDF document. The formatting object tree, can be in the form of an XML document (output by an XSLT engine like XT or Xalan) or can be passed in memory as a DOM Document or (in the case of XT) SAX events.

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

Install fop 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 fop using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fop

Install fop 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 fop using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fop

How To Uninstall fop on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove fop

fop Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/fop
/usr/share/doc/fop
/usr/share/doc/fop/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/fop/LICENSE-1.1
/usr/share/doc/fop/NOTICE
/usr/share/doc/fop/README
/usr/share/fop
/usr/share/fop/conf
/usr/share/fop/conf/fop.xconf
/usr/share/java/fop
/usr/share/java/fop/fop-core.jar
/usr/share/java/fop/fop-events.jar
/usr/share/java/fop/fop-sandbox.jar
/usr/share/java/fop/fop-transcoder-allinone.jar
/usr/share/java/fop/fop-transcoder.jar
/usr/share/java/fop/fop-util.jar
/usr/share/java/fop/fop.jar
/usr/share/maven-metadata/fop.xml
/usr/share/maven-poms/fop
/usr/share/maven-poms/fop/fop-core.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/fop/fop-events.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/fop/fop-parent.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/fop/fop-sandbox.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/fop/fop-transcoder-allinone.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/fop/fop-transcoder.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/fop/fop-util.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/fop/fop.pom

References

fop website

Summary

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