How To Install xfontsel on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install xfontsel in Fedora 36. xfontsel is Tool to list X11 core protocol fonts

Introduction

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

What is `xfontsel`

The xfontsel application provides a simple way to display the X11 core protocol fonts known to your X server, examine samples of each, and retrieve the X Logical Font Description (“XLFD”) full name for a font.

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

Install xfontsel 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 xfontsel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xfontsel

Install xfontsel 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 xfontsel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xfontsel

How To Uninstall xfontsel on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove xfontsel

xfontsel Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/xfontsel
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2/9759b8586cc6697cd6b810b4afdebc4b5778c3
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XFontSel
/usr/share/doc/xfontsel
/usr/share/doc/xfontsel/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/xfontsel/README
/usr/share/licenses/xfontsel
/usr/share/licenses/xfontsel/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/xfontsel.1.gz

References

xfontsel website

Summary

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