How To Install synfig on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install synfig in Fedora 36. synfig is Vector-based 2D animation rendering backend

Introduction

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

What is synfig

Synfig is a powerful, industrial-strength vector-based 2D animation software, designed from the ground-up for producing feature-film quality animation with fewer people and resources. It is designed to be capable of producing feature-film quality animation. It eliminates the need for tweening, preventing the need to hand-draw each frame. Synfig features spatial and temporal resolution independence (sharp and smoothat any resolution or framerate), high dynamic range images, and a flexible plugin system. This package contains the command-line-based rendering backend. Install synfigstudio package for GUI-based animation studio.

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

Install synfig 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 synfig using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install synfig

Install synfig 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 synfig using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install synfig

How To Uninstall synfig on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove synfig

synfig Package Contents on Fedora 36

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title: "How To Install synfig on Fedora 36"
linkTitle: "synfig"
type: "docs"
description: "In this tutorial we learn how to install synfig in Fedora 36. synfig is Vector-based 2D animation rendering backend"
date: "2022-08-17"
lastmod: "2022-08-17"
#image: /images/fedora/36/synfig-featured.png
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## Introduction

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

### What is `synfig`

> Synfig is a powerful, industrial-strength vector-based 2D animation software, designed from the ground-up for producing feature-film quality animation with fewer people and resources.  It is designed to be capable of producing feature-film quality animation. It eliminates the need for tweening, preventing the need to hand-draw each frame. Synfig features spatial and temporal resolution independence (sharp and smoothat any resolution or framerate), high dynamic range images, and a flexible plugin system.  This package contains the command-line-based rendering backend. Install synfigstudio package for GUI-based animation studio.  

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

## Install synfig on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with `dnf` using the following command.

```bash
sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install synfig using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install synfig

Install synfig 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 synfig using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install synfig

How To Uninstall synfig on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove synfig

synfig Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/synfig_modules.cfg
/usr/bin/synfig
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/03
/usr/lib/.build-id/03/72309a64a934a04ae1292081b30b6099a95599
/usr/lib/.build-id/33
/usr/lib/.build-id/33/44789cf8f5e6f10dcf703e753f6ae0977e7159
/usr/lib/.build-id/41
/usr/lib/.build-id/41/420cb745f3dfaf3e651f88fd020bff2c24da64
/usr/lib/.build-id/49
/usr/lib/.build-id/49/936613273c05337d8fd685d09ec3fe5cb3d92d
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e/81b1743ddc69515da7dd09f8674230306cd725
/usr/lib/.build-id/61
/usr/lib/.build-id/61/e79e8cfdf7252295e51bd2ee616c9b1dc8c459
/usr/lib/.build-id/67
/usr/lib/.build-id/67/0b0779c16c9160d2194b984319fae7d6fa5d42
/usr/lib/.build-id/71
/usr/lib/.build-id/71/81d0459db302dbe41f1a2a503b0ea5e373550f
/usr/lib/.build-id/71/8cfb168b216a166bd3171f4ec3e208036a1ee2
/usr/lib/.build-id/78
/usr/lib/.build-id/78/b930ba39b9755272143d8751a481d99042b5c8
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c/ff82f89d254fef5b23b9b3d6c733128f02eb19
/usr/lib/.build-id/88
/usr/lib/.build-id/88/7605f725c4f9ce7b41ddb226f4517a5b9f3a97
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b/51384476a22664a36e0375ebf535421af2fe15
/usr/lib/.build-id/9e
/usr/lib/.build-id/9e/7d811f76c0fc83d7a369a102f8f1271c22592d
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0/c0637c862cd27910dbbd91e5504c162d77a124
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1/ae56930ec059921a3179573204340499871173
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3/16bd6443265b40cbb85f78d7047fd7fdff534d
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3/9a588fa6d30619e383891dfa94d7d700f5421c
/usr/lib/.build-id/de
/usr/lib/.build-id/de/eeb9f1251a33234363b81f9b9093faafea4523
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1/89a2aace978fd049e316a710dbc39e8f8eabe8
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8/d0c14016191e7f236e597147e616a6499cd25c
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb/4a0b220b17df6850b5ce2cb94b05e8ea7dceae
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec/028f9ee7c020adeffa9f24d2bdac4727fd5db8
/usr/lib64/libsynfig.so.0
/usr/lib64/libsynfig.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/synfig
/usr/lib64/synfig/modules
/usr/lib64/synfig/modules/liblyr_freetype.so
/usr/lib64/synfig/modules/liblyr_std.so
/usr/lib64/synfig/modules/libmod_bmp.so
/usr/lib64/synfig/modules/libmod_dv.so
/usr/lib64/synfig/modules/libmod_example.so
/usr/lib64/synfig/modules/libmod_ffmpeg.so
/usr/lib64/synfig/modules/libmod_filter.so
/usr/lib64/synfig/modules/libmod_geometry.so
/usr/lib64/synfig/modules/libmod_gif.so
/usr/lib64/synfig/modules/libmod_gradient.so
/usr/lib64/synfig/modules/libmod_imagemagick.so
/usr/lib64/synfig/modules/libmod_jpeg.so
/usr/lib64/synfig/modules/libmod_magickpp.so
/usr/lib64/synfig/modules/libmod_mng.so
/usr/lib64/synfig/modules/libmod_noise.so
/usr/lib64/synfig/modules/libmod_openexr.so
/usr/lib64/synfig/modules/libmod_particle.so
/usr/lib64/synfig/modules/libmod_png.so
/usr/lib64/synfig/modules/libmod_ppm.so
/usr/lib64/synfig/modules/libmod_svg.so
/usr/lib64/synfig/modules/libmod_yuv420p.so
/usr/share/doc/synfig
/usr/share/doc/synfig/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/synfig/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/synfig/README
/usr/share/licenses/synfig
/usr/share/licenses/synfig/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/el_GR/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/es_PY/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu_ES/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa_IR/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja_JP/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/kab/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko_KR/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl_PL/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk_SK/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr_RS/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv_SE/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/uz@Latn/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh-Hant/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo

References

Summary

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

/etc/synfig_modules.cfg /usr/bin/synfig /usr/lib/.build-id /usr/lib/.build-id/0b /usr/lib/.build-id/0b/0995e7241a9d0f1fc218459fc4a2720db04910 /usr/lib/.build-id/0d /usr/lib/.build-id/0d/2cad3142fa913efa77ec2b7b5cb525027ae988 /usr/lib/.build-id/1a /usr/lib/.build-id/1a/18c4d32f0393466db7b7a7e202701e3294dbe7 /usr/lib/.build-id/46 /usr/lib/.build-id/46/c29de726324066667a6b807032d958e69eedbd /usr/lib/.build-id/4e /usr/lib/.build-id/4e/2175cf46c1ceffbdd9ed74c418b217b2480a42 /usr/lib/.build-id/5d /usr/lib/.build-id/5d/3784a435714552ad4866f092c97380af33e3d6 /usr/lib/.build-id/63 /usr/lib/.build-id/63/2dbcd97f8a15dcd3891bdc7572740d256caa4e /usr/lib/.build-id/68 /usr/lib/.build-id/68/bd209b41ca936ad9068f12ce979f7bf88c1f8e /usr/lib/.build-id/6d /usr/lib/.build-id/6d/2a6c98a58e8028fa33e03a2979eca4a1f2ce5a /usr/lib/.build-id/7c /usr/lib/.build-id/7c/9ba0bb74f8e0b1ce94b6cd977d77312e96db37 /usr/lib/.build-id/80 /usr/lib/.build-id/80/db6f2c985623fd498f43df78d048d159194cf5 /usr/lib/.build-id/8a /usr/lib/.build-id/8a/c5c06fa790707c7945c0ae9074419c6be9d888 /usr/lib/.build-id/a8 /usr/lib/.build-id/a8/934a7ccff43527dda95261b8feb18eeed2a104 /usr/lib/.build-id/a8/d8325948f00b7ab45df903636c2c1ce19aa354 /usr/lib/.build-id/af /usr/lib/.build-id/af/4eef65b3a8733a028a226b700f45600a8a2f2e /usr/lib/.build-id/c4 /usr/lib/.build-id/c4/760c3269de7d64554a73c1e74874019c62d70e /usr/lib/.build-id/c8 /usr/lib/.build-id/c8/72fd359e4f33b931ad8533c9f759839d129410 /usr/lib/.build-id/e3 /usr/lib/.build-id/e3/b392185472c6bda0c96a2f5c677ec9cd7c631b /usr/lib/.build-id/e5 /usr/lib/.build-id/e5/c8870452c43f84ce19d2ed3c7fd37cc74a62d1 /usr/lib/.build-id/eb /usr/lib/.build-id/eb/55710aa9e699f750cccfd59d5ca7e44fb90f59 /usr/lib/.build-id/f3 /usr/lib/.build-id/f3/104c2ddf9a49d693a5379c4a3f9c6a374597bb /usr/lib/.build-id/f7 /usr/lib/.build-id/f7/db65059c527918233d43fceb6435c0dce22bb0 /usr/lib/.build-id/fd /usr/lib/.build-id/fd/6ee0fb059c8feb5f40ef9985356ea93636273c /usr/lib/libsynfig.so.0 /usr/lib/libsynfig.so.0.0.0 /usr/lib/synfig /usr/lib/synfig/modules /usr/lib/synfig/modules/liblyr_freetype.so /usr/lib/synfig/modules/liblyr_std.so /usr/lib/synfig/modules/libmod_bmp.so /usr/lib/synfig/modules/libmod_dv.so /usr/lib/synfig/modules/libmod_example.so /usr/lib/synfig/modules/libmod_ffmpeg.so /usr/lib/synfig/modules/libmod_filter.so /usr/lib/synfig/modules/libmod_geometry.so /usr/lib/synfig/modules/libmod_gif.so /usr/lib/synfig/modules/libmod_gradient.so /usr/lib/synfig/modules/libmod_imagemagick.so /usr/lib/synfig/modules/libmod_jpeg.so /usr/lib/synfig/modules/libmod_magickpp.so /usr/lib/synfig/modules/libmod_mng.so /usr/lib/synfig/modules/libmod_noise.so /usr/lib/synfig/modules/libmod_openexr.so /usr/lib/synfig/modules/libmod_particle.so /usr/lib/synfig/modules/libmod_png.so /usr/lib/synfig/modules/libmod_ppm.so /usr/lib/synfig/modules/libmod_svg.so /usr/lib/synfig/modules/libmod_yuv420p.so /usr/share/doc/synfig /usr/share/doc/synfig/AUTHORS /usr/share/doc/synfig/NEWS /usr/share/doc/synfig/README /usr/share/licenses/synfig /usr/share/licenses/synfig/COPYING /usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/el_GR/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/es_PY/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/eu_ES/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/fa_IR/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/ja_JP/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/kab/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/ko_KR/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/pl_PL/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/sk_SK/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/sr_RS/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/sv_SE/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/ur/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/uz@Latn/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/zh-Hant/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo /usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/synfig.mo


## References

* [synfig website](http://synfig.org/)

## Summary

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