How To Install YafaRay on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install YafaRay in Fedora 36. YafaRay is A free open-source ray-tracing render engine

Introduction

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

What is YafaRay

YafaRay is a free open-source ray-tracing render engine. Ray-tracing is a rendering technique for generating realistic images by tracing the path of light through a 3D scene. A render engine consists of a “faceless” computer program that interacts with a host 3D application to provide very specific ray-tracing capabilities “on demand”. Blender 3D is the host application of YafaRay.

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

Install YafaRay 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 YafaRay using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install YafaRay

Install YafaRay 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 YafaRay using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install YafaRay

How To Uninstall YafaRay on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove YafaRay

YafaRay Package Contents on Fedora 36

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## Introduction

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

### What is `YafaRay`

> YafaRay is a free open-source ray-tracing render engine. Ray-tracing is a rendering technique for generating realistic images by tracing the path of light through a 3D scene. A render engine consists of a "faceless" computer program that interacts with a host 3D application to provide very specific ray-tracing capabilities "on demand". Blender 3D is the host application of YafaRay.  

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

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

sudo dnf -y install YafaRay

Install YafaRay 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 YafaRay using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install YafaRay

How To Uninstall YafaRay on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove YafaRay

YafaRay Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/yafaray-xml
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a/76e0ad23717456c071aa41796526ddcdb1e27f
/usr/share/doc/YafaRay
/usr/share/doc/YafaRay/AUTHORS.md
/usr/share/doc/YafaRay/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/YafaRay/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/YafaRay
/usr/share/licenses/YafaRay/LICENSES
/usr/share/yafaray/tests
/usr/share/yafaray/tests/test01
/usr/share/yafaray/tests/test01/test01 - expected render result.png
/usr/share/yafaray/tests/test01/test01.xml
/usr/share/yafaray/tests/test01/test01_tex.exr
/usr/share/yafaray/tests/test01/test01_tex.hdr
/usr/share/yafaray/tests/test01/test01_tex.jpg
/usr/share/yafaray/tests/test01/test01_tex.png
/usr/share/yafaray/tests/test01/test01_tex.tga
/usr/share/yafaray/tests/test01/test01_tex.tif

References

Summary

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

/usr/bin/yafaray-xml /usr/lib/.build-id /usr/lib/.build-id/99 /usr/lib/.build-id/99/19f99b3bf90d2012aeadcad69fb06677b42f79 /usr/share/doc/YafaRay /usr/share/doc/YafaRay/AUTHORS.md /usr/share/doc/YafaRay/CHANGELOG.md /usr/share/doc/YafaRay/README.md /usr/share/licenses/YafaRay /usr/share/licenses/YafaRay/LICENSES /usr/share/yafaray/tests /usr/share/yafaray/tests/test01 /usr/share/yafaray/tests/test01/test01 - expected render result.png /usr/share/yafaray/tests/test01/test01.xml /usr/share/yafaray/tests/test01/test01_tex.exr /usr/share/yafaray/tests/test01/test01_tex.hdr /usr/share/yafaray/tests/test01/test01_tex.jpg /usr/share/yafaray/tests/test01/test01_tex.png /usr/share/yafaray/tests/test01/test01_tex.tga /usr/share/yafaray/tests/test01/test01_tex.tif


## References

* [YafaRay website](https://www.yafaray.org/)

## Summary

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