How To Install MagicPoint on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install MagicPoint in Fedora 36. MagicPoint is X based presentation software

Introduction

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

What is MagicPoint

MagicPoint is an X11 based presentation tool. MagicPoint’s presentation files (typically .mgp files) are plain text so you can create presentation files quickly with your favorite editor.

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

Install MagicPoint 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 MagicPoint using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install MagicPoint

Install MagicPoint 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 MagicPoint using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install MagicPoint

How To Uninstall MagicPoint on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove MagicPoint

MagicPoint Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/mgp
/usr/bin/mgp2html
/usr/bin/mgp2latex
/usr/bin/mgp2ps
/usr/bin/mgpembed
/usr/bin/mgpnet
/usr/bin/xwintoppm
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/05a209873d4007262d0b8843b4b63b94de9b7e
/usr/lib/.build-id/72
/usr/lib/.build-id/72/128317a70d298de5aa4e90d86ab5664e152cb6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1/62aaebadbf5fbc5554b5b2f2386b657e843e3b
/usr/share/doc/MagicPoint
/usr/share/doc/MagicPoint/README
/usr/share/doc/MagicPoint/SYNTAX
/usr/share/doc/MagicPoint/USAGE
/usr/share/doc/MagicPoint/sample
/usr/share/doc/MagicPoint/sample/README
/usr/share/doc/MagicPoint/sample/README.jp
/usr/share/doc/MagicPoint/sample/cloud.jpg
/usr/share/doc/MagicPoint/sample/dad.eps
/usr/share/doc/MagicPoint/sample/dad.jpg
/usr/share/doc/MagicPoint/sample/default.mgp
/usr/share/doc/MagicPoint/sample/embed-jp.mgp
/usr/share/doc/MagicPoint/sample/embed.mgp
/usr/share/doc/MagicPoint/sample/gradation-jp.mgp
/usr/share/doc/MagicPoint/sample/gradation.mgp
/usr/share/doc/MagicPoint/sample/m17n-lib.mgp
/usr/share/doc/MagicPoint/sample/mgp-old1.jpg
/usr/share/doc/MagicPoint/sample/mgp-old2.jpg
/usr/share/doc/MagicPoint/sample/mgp-old3.jpg
/usr/share/doc/MagicPoint/sample/mgp.mng
/usr/share/doc/MagicPoint/sample/mgp1.jpg
/usr/share/doc/MagicPoint/sample/mgp2.jpg
/usr/share/doc/MagicPoint/sample/mgp3.jpg
/usr/share/doc/MagicPoint/sample/mgp3.xbm
/usr/share/doc/MagicPoint/sample/mgprc-sample
/usr/share/doc/MagicPoint/sample/multilingual.mgp
/usr/share/doc/MagicPoint/sample/sample-fr.mgp
/usr/share/doc/MagicPoint/sample/sample-jp-xft.mgp
/usr/share/doc/MagicPoint/sample/sample-jp.mgp
/usr/share/doc/MagicPoint/sample/sample.mgp
/usr/share/doc/MagicPoint/sample/sendmail6-jp.mgp
/usr/share/doc/MagicPoint/sample/sendmail6.mgp
/usr/share/doc/MagicPoint/sample/tutorial-jp.mgp
/usr/share/doc/MagicPoint/sample/tutorial.mgp
/usr/share/doc/MagicPoint/sample/v6-jp.mgp
/usr/share/doc/MagicPoint/sample/v6.mgp
/usr/share/doc/MagicPoint/sample/v6header.eps
/usr/share/doc/MagicPoint/sample/v6header.jpg
/usr/share/licenses/MagicPoint
/usr/share/licenses/MagicPoint/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/man/man1/mgp.1x.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mgp2ps.1x.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mgpembed.1x.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mgpnet.1x.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xwintoppm.1x.gz
/usr/share/mgp
/usr/share/mgp/default.mgp
/usr/share/mgp/mgp1.jpg
/usr/share/mgp/mgp2.jpg
/usr/share/mgp/mgp3.jpg

References

Summary

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