How To Install YafaRay-blender on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install YafaRay-blender in Fedora 36. YafaRay-blender is Blender integration scripts for YafaRay

Introduction

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

What is YafaRay-blender

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. YafaRay uses a python-coded settings interface to set lighting and rendering parameters. This settings interface is launched by an entry automatically added to the Blender Render menu.

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

Install YafaRay-blender 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-blender using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install YafaRay-blender

Install YafaRay-blender 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-blender using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install YafaRay-blender

How To Uninstall YafaRay-blender on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove YafaRay-blender

YafaRay-blender Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/INSTALL.md
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/LICENSES
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/README.md
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/__init__.py
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/io
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/io/__init__.py
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/io/yaf_export.py
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/io/yaf_integrator.py
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/io/yaf_light.py
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/io/yaf_material.py
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/io/yaf_object.py
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/io/yaf_scene.py
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/io/yaf_texture.py
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/io/yaf_world.py
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/ot
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/ot/__init__.py
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/ot/yafaray_converter.py
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/ot/yafaray_operators.py
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/ot/yafaray_presets.py
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/presets
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/presets/render
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/presets/render/MY_Default_Preset.py
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/prop
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/prop/__init__.py
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/prop/yaf_camera.py
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/prop/yaf_light.py
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/prop/yaf_material.py
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/prop/yaf_object.py
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/prop/yaf_scene.py
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/prop/yaf_texture.py
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/prop/yaf_world.py
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/tests
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/tests/test01
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/tests/test01/test01 - expected render result.png
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/tests/test01/test01.blend
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/tests/test01/test01.xml
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/tests/test01/test01_tex.exr
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/tests/test01/test01_tex.hdr
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/tests/test01/test01_tex.jpg
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/tests/test01/test01_tex.png
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/tests/test01/test01_tex.tga
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/tests/test01/test01_tex.tif
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/ui
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/ui/__init__.py
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/ui/ior_values.py
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/ui/properties_yaf_AA_settings.py
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/ui/properties_yaf_camera.py
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/ui/properties_yaf_general_settings.py
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/ui/properties_yaf_integrator.py
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/ui/properties_yaf_layer_passes.py
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/ui/properties_yaf_light.py
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/ui/properties_yaf_material.py
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/ui/properties_yaf_object.py
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/ui/properties_yaf_render.py
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/ui/properties_yaf_scene.py
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/ui/properties_yaf_strand.py
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/ui/properties_yaf_texture.py
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/ui/properties_yaf_volume_integrator.py
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/ui/properties_yaf_world.py
/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/yafaray/yaf_global_vars.py
/usr/share/licenses/YafaRay-blender
/usr/share/licenses/YafaRay-blender/LICENSES
/usr/share/metainfo/yafaray-blender.metainfo.xml

References

Summary

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