How To Install tetgen on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install tetgen in Fedora 36. tetgen is A Quality Tetrahedral Mesh Generator

Introduction

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

What is tetgen

TetGen is a program to generate tetrahedral meshes of any 3D polyhedral domains. TetGen generates exact constrained Delaunay tetrahedralizations, boundary conforming Delaunay meshes, and Voronoi partitions.

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

Install tetgen 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 tetgen using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tetgen

Install tetgen 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 tetgen using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tetgen

How To Uninstall tetgen on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove tetgen

tetgen Package Contents on Fedora 36

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## Introduction

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

### What is `tetgen`

> TetGen is a program to generate tetrahedral meshes of any 3D polyhedral domains. TetGen generates exact constrained Delaunay tetrahedralizations, boundary conforming Delaunay meshes, and Voronoi partitions.  

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

## Install tetgen 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 tetgen using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tetgen

Install tetgen 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 tetgen using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tetgen

How To Uninstall tetgen on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove tetgen

tetgen Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/tetgen
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/9bd2ea3a16f47d70ce975819c395dc2d848c26
/usr/lib/.build-id/66
/usr/lib/.build-id/66/f25af691352fbd0244b7c7f083369e917538fd
/usr/lib64/libtet.so.0
/usr/lib64/libtet.so.1.5.0
/usr/share/doc/tetgen
/usr/share/doc/tetgen/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/tetgen/README

References

Summary

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

/usr/bin/tetgen /usr/lib/.build-id /usr/lib/.build-id/9b /usr/lib/.build-id/9b/6ef659090163cb1628e3d016fe8a524a1e052e /usr/lib/.build-id/fa /usr/lib/.build-id/fa/a89bba15375680d536718f5dbc50b8d1fee021 /usr/lib/libtet.so.0 /usr/lib/libtet.so.1.5.0 /usr/share/doc/tetgen /usr/share/doc/tetgen/LICENSE /usr/share/doc/tetgen/README


## References

* [tetgen website](http://wias-berlin.de/software/tetgen/)

## Summary

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