How To Install jmol on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install jmol in Fedora 36. jmol is Java viewer for chemical structures in 3D

Introduction

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

What is `jmol`

Jmol is a free, open source molecule viewer for students, educators, and researchers in chemistry and biochemistry.

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

Install jmol 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 jmol using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install jmol

Install jmol 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 jmol using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install jmol

How To Uninstall jmol on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove jmol

jmol Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/jmol
/usr/share/applications/org.jmol.jmol.desktop
/usr/share/doc/jmol
/usr/share/doc/jmol/CHANGES.txt
/usr/share/doc/jmol/ChangeLog.html
/usr/share/doc/jmol/README.txt
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/jmol.svg
/usr/share/java/jmol
/usr/share/java/jmol/Jmol.jar
/usr/share/java/jmol/JmolData.jar
/usr/share/java/jmol/Jvxl.jar
/usr/share/licenses/jmol
/usr/share/licenses/jmol/COPYRIGHT.txt
/usr/share/licenses/jmol/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/metainfo/org.jmol.jmol.metainfo.xml

References

jmol website

Summary

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