How To Install pcmanx-gtk2 on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcmanx-gtk2 in Fedora 36. pcmanx-gtk2 is Telnet client designed for BBS browsing

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcmanx-gtk2 on Fedora 36.

What is `pcmanx-gtk2`

An easy-to-use telnet client mainly targets BBS users. PCMan X is a newly developed GPL’d version of PCMan, a full-featured famous BBS client formerly designed for MS Windows only. It aimed to be an easy-to-use yet full-featured telnet client facilitating BBS browsing with the ability to process double-byte characters.

We can use yum or dnf to install pcmanx-gtk2 on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pcmanx-gtk2.

Install pcmanx-gtk2 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 pcmanx-gtk2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pcmanx-gtk2

Install pcmanx-gtk2 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 pcmanx-gtk2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pcmanx-gtk2

How To Uninstall pcmanx-gtk2 on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the pcmanx-gtk2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pcmanx-gtk2

pcmanx-gtk2 Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/pcmanx
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/3175afa8bce1d1a94ba1f4915ed8a68d6dba71
/usr/share/applications/pcmanx.desktop
/usr/share/doc/pcmanx-gtk2
/usr/share/doc/pcmanx-gtk2/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/pcmanx-gtk2/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/pcmanx-gtk2/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/pcmanx-gtk2/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/pcmanx-gtk2/README
/usr/share/doc/pcmanx-gtk2/TODO
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/pcmanx.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/pcmanx.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/pcmanx.1.gz
/usr/share/pcmanx
/usr/share/pcmanx/emoticons
/usr/share/pcmanx/nancy_bot
/usr/share/pcmanx/nancy_bot/default.conf
/usr/share/pcmanx/nancy_bot/default_msg.data
/usr/share/pcmanx/nancy_bot/default_usages.data
/usr/share/pcmanx/nancy_bot/example.conf
/usr/share/pcmanx/nancy_bot/example_msg.data
/usr/share/pcmanx/nancy_bot/example_usages.data
/usr/share/pcmanx/sitelist
/usr/share/pixmaps/pcmanx.svg

References

pcmanx-gtk2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcmanx-gtk2 on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).