How To Install rasterview on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install rasterview in Fedora 36. rasterview is CUPS raster file viewer

Introduction

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

What is rasterview

CUPS uses an intermediate format called raster for inkjet printers and others that require rasterized input. This program can be used to view this intermediate format and is mainly used for debugging printer drivers.

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

Install rasterview 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 rasterview using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rasterview

Install rasterview 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 rasterview using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rasterview

How To Uninstall rasterview on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove rasterview

rasterview Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/rasterview
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e/ae49eeee79c001d1a6f8c66ba824940268ec0f
/usr/share/applications/Development/rasterview.desktop
/usr/share/applications/rasterview.desktop
/usr/share/doc/rasterview
/usr/share/doc/rasterview/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/rasterview/NOTICE
/usr/share/doc/rasterview/README.md
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/rasterview.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/rasterview.png
/usr/share/mimelnk/application/vnd.cups-raster.desktop
/usr/share/mimelnk/image/pwg-raster.desktop
/usr/share/mimelnk/image/urf.desktop

References

Summary

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