How To Install hqx on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install hqx in Fedora 36. hqx is High quality upscaling program for pixel-art

Introduction

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

What is `hqx`

Command-line program providing an implementation of hqx, one of the pixel art scaling algorithms developed by Maxim Stepin.

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

Install hqx 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 hqx using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install hqx

Install hqx 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 hqx using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install hqx

How To Uninstall hqx on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove hqx

hqx Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/hqx
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/11
/usr/lib/.build-id/11/4f2030e1055247848dd3a9a2ac5d56049cb82d
/usr/share/man/man1/hqx.1.gz

References

hqx website

Summary

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