How To Install unifont on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install unifont in Fedora 36. unifont is Tools and glyph descriptions in a very simple text format

Introduction

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

What is unifont

A font with a glyph for every visible Unicode Basic Multilingual Plane code point and more, with supporting utilities to modify the font. This package contains tools and glyph descriptions.

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

Install unifont 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 unifont using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install unifont

Install unifont 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 unifont using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install unifont

How To Uninstall unifont on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove unifont

unifont Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/bdfimplode
/usr/bin/hex2bdf
/usr/bin/hex2sfd
/usr/bin/hexbraille
/usr/bin/hexdraw
/usr/bin/hexkinya
/usr/bin/hexmerge
/usr/bin/johab2ucs2
/usr/bin/unibdf2hex
/usr/bin/unibmp2hex
/usr/bin/unibmpbump
/usr/bin/unicoverage
/usr/bin/unidup
/usr/bin/unifont1per
/usr/bin/unifontchojung
/usr/bin/unifontksx
/usr/bin/unifontpic
/usr/bin/unigencircles
/usr/bin/unigenwidth
/usr/bin/unihex2bmp
/usr/bin/unihex2png
/usr/bin/unihexfill
/usr/bin/unihexgen
/usr/bin/unihexrotate
/usr/bin/unipagecount
/usr/bin/unipng2hex
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/29
/usr/lib/.build-id/29/4f9ef5252fde9dc67768d3ce737727d78e543e
/usr/lib/.build-id/3a
/usr/lib/.build-id/3a/a027075cb4f272a4d30753870c9b195c3f3a53
/usr/lib/.build-id/52
/usr/lib/.build-id/52/065c6dc60997f39ff3152e80866ab7ee165ec2
/usr/lib/.build-id/57
/usr/lib/.build-id/57/accbbdab6d21eb266e700971e605961e8d1ac5
/usr/lib/.build-id/60
/usr/lib/.build-id/60/3921579d6eb36546eb2905925c4885943a7e9b
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d/ed3f86aca2338bb6afa7353d5dba731d30f22d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a/5e2de6e03044214d1e5a7f0daac873d56da315
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4/2302e357f2e921ddadcaade223981257a55516
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1/299357bb3f27c92ecf3a6e7b0207ede8f28b85
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2/4e2cf142c1251066e01f7f168d42ff8aefd8df
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8/e724ce0b6797a1a7655097b912535f0bb7f3fc
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea/50ba44746b6ea2726c61ca0eb11db8021cd206
/usr/share/doc/unifont
/usr/share/doc/unifont/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/unifont/README
/usr/share/info/unifont.info.gz
/usr/share/licenses/unifont
/usr/share/licenses/unifont/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/bdfimplode.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/hex2bdf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/hex2sfd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/hexbraille.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/hexdraw.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/hexkinya.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/hexmerge.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/johab2ucs2.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/unibdf2hex.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/unibmp2hex.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/unibmpbump.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/unicoverage.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/unidup.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/unifont-viewer.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/unifont1per.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/unifontchojung.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/unifontksx.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/unifontpic.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/unigencircles.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/unigenwidth.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/unihex2bmp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/unihex2png.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/unihexfill.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/unihexgen.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/unihexrotate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/unipagecount.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/unipng2hex.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/unifont.5.gz
/usr/share/unifont
/usr/share/unifont/unifont.hex

References

Summary

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