How To Install gcolor2 on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcolor2 in Fedora 36. gcolor2 is A simple color selector for GTK+2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcolor2 on Fedora 36.

What is `gcolor2`

gcolor2 is a simple color selector that was originally based on gcolor, ported to use GTK+2, and now has a completely new UI.

We can use yum or dnf to install gcolor2 on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gcolor2.

Install gcolor2 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 gcolor2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gcolor2

Install gcolor2 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 gcolor2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gcolor2

How To Uninstall gcolor2 on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the gcolor2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gcolor2

gcolor2 Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/gcolor2
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0/b698137146b9312ed72a99cf0ba9e751c31c9a
/usr/share/applications/gcolor2.desktop
/usr/share/doc/gcolor2
/usr/share/doc/gcolor2/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gcolor2/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/gcolor2/ChangeLog
/usr/share/pixmaps/gcolor2
/usr/share/pixmaps/gcolor2/about_icon.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/gcolor2/icon.png

References

gcolor2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcolor2 on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).