How To Install weston on Fedora 34
weston is Reference compositor for Wayland Reference compositor for Wayland
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install weston on Fedora 34.
What is weston
Weston is the reference wayland compositor that can run on KMS, under X11 or under another compositor. weston 8.0.0 8.fc34 x86_64 629 k weston-8.0.0-8.fc34.src.rpm updates Reference compositor for Wayland http BSD and CC-BY-SA Weston is the reference wayland compositor that can run on KMS, under X11 or under another compositor.
We can use yum or dnf to install weston on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install weston.
Install weston on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install weston using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install weston
Install weston on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install weston using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install weston
How To Uninstall weston on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the weston package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove weston
weston Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/wcap-decode
/usr/bin/weston
/usr/bin/weston-debug
/usr/bin/weston-info
/usr/bin/weston-launch
/usr/bin/weston-screenshooter
/usr/bin/weston-terminal
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/01
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/usr/lib/.build-id/f7
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/usr/lib64/weston
/usr/lib64/weston/cms-colord.so
/usr/lib64/weston/cms-static.so
/usr/lib64/weston/desktop-shell.so
/usr/lib64/weston/fullscreen-shell.so
/usr/lib64/weston/hmi-controller.so
/usr/lib64/weston/ivi-shell.so
/usr/lib64/weston/libexec_weston.so
/usr/lib64/weston/libexec_weston.so.0
/usr/lib64/weston/libexec_weston.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/weston/screen-share.so
/usr/lib64/weston/systemd-notify.so
/usr/libexec/weston-desktop-shell
/usr/libexec/weston-ivi-shell-user-interface
/usr/libexec/weston-keyboard
/usr/libexec/weston-simple-im
/usr/share/doc/weston
/usr/share/doc/weston/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/weston
/usr/share/licenses/weston/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/weston-debug.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/weston.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/weston.ini.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/weston-bindings.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/weston-drm.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/weston-rdp.7.gz
/usr/share/wayland-sessions/weston.desktop
/usr/share/weston
/usr/share/weston/background.png
/usr/share/weston/border.png
/usr/share/weston/fullscreen.png
/usr/share/weston/home.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_editor.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_flower.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_ivi_clickdot.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_ivi_flower.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_ivi_simple-egl.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_ivi_simple-shm.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_ivi_smoke.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_terminal.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_window.png
/usr/share/weston/panel.png
/usr/share/weston/pattern.png
/usr/share/weston/random.png
/usr/share/weston/sidebyside.png
/usr/share/weston/sign_close.png
/usr/share/weston/sign_maximize.png
/usr/share/weston/sign_minimize.png
/usr/share/weston/terminal.png
/usr/share/weston/tiling.png
/usr/share/weston/wayland.png
/usr/share/weston/wayland.svg
/usr/bin/wcap-decode
/usr/bin/weston
/usr/bin/weston-debug
/usr/bin/weston-info
/usr/bin/weston-launch
/usr/bin/weston-screenshooter
/usr/bin/weston-terminal
/usr/lib/.build-id
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/usr/lib/weston
/usr/lib/weston/cms-colord.so
/usr/lib/weston/cms-static.so
/usr/lib/weston/desktop-shell.so
/usr/lib/weston/fullscreen-shell.so
/usr/lib/weston/hmi-controller.so
/usr/lib/weston/ivi-shell.so
/usr/lib/weston/libexec_weston.so
/usr/lib/weston/libexec_weston.so.0
/usr/lib/weston/libexec_weston.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/weston/screen-share.so
/usr/lib/weston/systemd-notify.so
/usr/libexec/weston-desktop-shell
/usr/libexec/weston-ivi-shell-user-interface
/usr/libexec/weston-keyboard
/usr/libexec/weston-simple-im
/usr/share/doc/weston
/usr/share/doc/weston/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/weston
/usr/share/licenses/weston/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/weston-debug.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/weston.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/weston.ini.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/weston-bindings.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/weston-drm.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/weston-rdp.7.gz
/usr/share/wayland-sessions/weston.desktop
/usr/share/weston
/usr/share/weston/background.png
/usr/share/weston/border.png
/usr/share/weston/fullscreen.png
/usr/share/weston/home.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_editor.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_flower.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_ivi_clickdot.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_ivi_flower.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_ivi_simple-egl.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_ivi_simple-shm.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_ivi_smoke.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_terminal.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_window.png
/usr/share/weston/panel.png
/usr/share/weston/pattern.png
/usr/share/weston/random.png
/usr/share/weston/sidebyside.png
/usr/share/weston/sign_close.png
/usr/share/weston/sign_maximize.png
/usr/share/weston/sign_minimize.png
/usr/share/weston/terminal.png
/usr/share/weston/tiling.png
/usr/share/weston/wayland.png
/usr/share/weston/wayland.svg
/usr/bin/wcap-decode
/usr/bin/weston
/usr/bin/weston-debug
/usr/bin/weston-info
/usr/bin/weston-launch
/usr/bin/weston-screenshooter
/usr/bin/weston-terminal
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/usr/lib/weston/desktop-shell.so
/usr/lib/weston/fullscreen-shell.so
/usr/lib/weston/hmi-controller.so
/usr/lib/weston/ivi-shell.so
/usr/lib/weston/libexec_weston.so
/usr/lib/weston/libexec_weston.so.0
/usr/lib/weston/libexec_weston.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/weston/screen-share.so
/usr/lib/weston/systemd-notify.so
/usr/libexec/weston-desktop-shell
/usr/libexec/weston-ivi-shell-user-interface
/usr/libexec/weston-keyboard
/usr/libexec/weston-simple-im
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/usr/share/man/man1/weston.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/weston.ini.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/weston-bindings.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/weston-drm.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/weston-rdp.7.gz
/usr/share/wayland-sessions/weston.desktop
/usr/share/weston
/usr/share/weston/background.png
/usr/share/weston/border.png
/usr/share/weston/fullscreen.png
/usr/share/weston/home.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_editor.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_flower.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_ivi_clickdot.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_ivi_flower.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_ivi_simple-egl.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_ivi_simple-shm.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_ivi_smoke.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_terminal.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_window.png
/usr/share/weston/panel.png
/usr/share/weston/pattern.png
/usr/share/weston/random.png
/usr/share/weston/sidebyside.png
/usr/share/weston/sign_close.png
/usr/share/weston/sign_maximize.png
/usr/share/weston/sign_minimize.png
/usr/share/weston/terminal.png
/usr/share/weston/tiling.png
/usr/share/weston/wayland.png
/usr/share/weston/wayland.svg
/usr/bin/wcap-decode
/usr/bin/weston
/usr/bin/weston-debug
/usr/bin/weston-info
/usr/bin/weston-launch
/usr/bin/weston-screenshooter
/usr/bin/weston-terminal
/usr/lib/.build-id
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/usr/lib64/weston
/usr/lib64/weston/cms-colord.so
/usr/lib64/weston/cms-static.so
/usr/lib64/weston/desktop-shell.so
/usr/lib64/weston/fullscreen-shell.so
/usr/lib64/weston/hmi-controller.so
/usr/lib64/weston/ivi-shell.so
/usr/lib64/weston/libexec_weston.so
/usr/lib64/weston/libexec_weston.so.0
/usr/lib64/weston/libexec_weston.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/weston/screen-share.so
/usr/lib64/weston/systemd-notify.so
/usr/libexec/weston-desktop-shell
/usr/libexec/weston-ivi-shell-user-interface
/usr/libexec/weston-keyboard
/usr/libexec/weston-simple-im
/usr/share/doc/weston
/usr/share/doc/weston/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/weston
/usr/share/licenses/weston/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/weston-debug.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/weston.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/weston.ini.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/weston-bindings.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/weston-drm.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/weston-rdp.7.gz
/usr/share/wayland-sessions/weston.desktop
/usr/share/weston
/usr/share/weston/background.png
/usr/share/weston/border.png
/usr/share/weston/fullscreen.png
/usr/share/weston/home.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_editor.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_flower.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_ivi_clickdot.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_ivi_flower.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_ivi_simple-egl.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_ivi_simple-shm.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_ivi_smoke.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_terminal.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_window.png
/usr/share/weston/panel.png
/usr/share/weston/pattern.png
/usr/share/weston/random.png
/usr/share/weston/sidebyside.png
/usr/share/weston/sign_close.png
/usr/share/weston/sign_maximize.png
/usr/share/weston/sign_minimize.png
/usr/share/weston/terminal.png
/usr/share/weston/tiling.png
/usr/share/weston/wayland.png
/usr/share/weston/wayland.svg
References
- [weston website](http://wayland.freedesktop.org/ http://wayland.freedesktop.org/)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install weston on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.
