How To Install gucharmap on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install gucharmap on CentOS 7. gucharmap is Unicode character picker and font browser

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gucharmap on CentOS 7.

What is gucharmap

This program allows you to browse through all the available Unicode characters and categories for the installed fonts, and to examine their detailed properties. It is an easy way to find the character you might only know by its Unicode name or code point. This program allows you to browse through all the available Unicode characters and categories for the installed fonts, and to examine their detailed properties. It is an easy way to find the character you might only know by its Unicode name or code point.

We can use yum or dnf to install gucharmap on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gucharmap.

Install gucharmap on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install gucharmap using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gucharmap

Install gucharmap on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install gucharmap using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gucharmap

How To Uninstall gucharmap on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove gucharmap

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gucharmap on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.