How To Install xlsfonts on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install xlsfonts in Fedora 36. xlsfonts is X font list utility

Introduction

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

What is `xlsfonts`

xlsfonts lists the fonts available on an X server.

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

Install xlsfonts 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 xlsfonts using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xlsfonts

Install xlsfonts 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 xlsfonts using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xlsfonts

How To Uninstall xlsfonts on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove xlsfonts

xlsfonts Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/xlsfonts
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/09
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/fc141c9b6dcf751f336a6399f4962ecbe45578
/usr/share/doc/xlsfonts
/usr/share/doc/xlsfonts/README
/usr/share/licenses/xlsfonts
/usr/share/licenses/xlsfonts/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/xlsfonts.1.gz

References

xlsfonts website

Summary

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