How To Install xfoil on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install xfoil in Fedora 36. xfoil is Subsonic Airfoil Development System

Introduction

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

What is `xfoil`

XFOIL is an interactive program for the design and analysis of subsonic isolated airfoils.

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

Install xfoil 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 xfoil using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xfoil

Install xfoil 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 xfoil using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xfoil

How To Uninstall xfoil on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove xfoil

xfoil Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/pplot
/usr/bin/pxplot
/usr/bin/xfoil
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/63
/usr/lib/.build-id/63/e2de02755621dfb5d3955da4d3a975de87c05f
/usr/lib/.build-id/78
/usr/lib/.build-id/78/3498bef1118f6fbf0da71000c24da243c6e1b3
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb/c258fb79cf6ae2df3d8b975120565758b7b5ea
/usr/share/doc/xfoil
/usr/share/doc/xfoil/sessions.txt
/usr/share/doc/xfoil/version_notes.txt
/usr/share/doc/xfoil/xfoil_doc.txt
/usr/share/licenses/xfoil
/usr/share/licenses/xfoil/LICENSE.GPL
/usr/share/licenses/xfoil/LICENSE.LGPL
/usr/share/xfoil
/usr/share/xfoil/osmap.dat

References

xfoil website

Summary

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