How To Install cinnamon-desktop on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install cinnamon-desktop in Fedora 36. cinnamon-desktop is Shared code among cinnamon-session, nemo, etc

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cinnamon-desktop on Fedora 36.

What is `cinnamon-desktop`

The cinnamon-desktop package contains an internal library (libcinnamon-desktop) used to implement some portions of the CINNAMON desktop, and also some data files and other shared components of the CINNAMON user environment.

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

Install cinnamon-desktop 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 cinnamon-desktop using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cinnamon-desktop

Install cinnamon-desktop 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 cinnamon-desktop using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cinnamon-desktop

How To Uninstall cinnamon-desktop on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the cinnamon-desktop package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove cinnamon-desktop

cinnamon-desktop Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/20
/usr/lib/.build-id/20/25d2b604c971023bb7640e2a02403dddef62fc
/usr/lib/.build-id/48
/usr/lib/.build-id/48/332487451cc7c0d88145be4f7f0111c29d6e7a
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/CDesktopEnums-3.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/CinnamonDesktop-3.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/Cvc-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/libcinnamon-desktop.so.4
/usr/lib64/libcinnamon-desktop.so.4.0.0
/usr/lib64/libcvc.so.0
/usr/lib64/libcvc.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/applications/x-cinnamon-mimeapps.list
/usr/share/doc/cinnamon-desktop
/usr/share/doc/cinnamon-desktop/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/cinnamon-desktop/README
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.cinnamon.desktop.a11y.applications.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.cinnamon.desktop.a11y.keyboard.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.cinnamon.desktop.a11y.magnifier.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.cinnamon.desktop.a11y.mouse.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.cinnamon.desktop.background.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.cinnamon.desktop.default-applications.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.cinnamon.desktop.enums.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.cinnamon.desktop.input-sources.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.cinnamon.desktop.interface.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.cinnamon.desktop.keybindings.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.cinnamon.desktop.keybindings.media-keys.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.cinnamon.desktop.keybindings.wm.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.cinnamon.desktop.lockdown.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.cinnamon.desktop.media-handling.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.cinnamon.desktop.notifications.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.cinnamon.desktop.privacy.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.cinnamon.desktop.screensaver.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.cinnamon.desktop.session.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.cinnamon.desktop.sound.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.cinnamon.desktop.thumbnail-cache.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.cinnamon.desktop.thumbnailers.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.cinnamon.desktop.wm.preferences.gschema.xml
/usr/share/licenses/cinnamon-desktop
/usr/share/licenses/cinnamon-desktop/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/cinnamon-desktop/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/an/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/be@latin/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/br/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/crh/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/csb/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/dz/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@shaw/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/fy/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ha/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ig/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/kg/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/km/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ky/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/li/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/lo/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/mai/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/mg/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/mi/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/mn/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/nds/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/nso/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ps/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/rw/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/tk/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/uz/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/uz@cyrillic/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/wa/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/xh/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/yi/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/yo/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/zu/LC_MESSAGES/cinnamon-desktop.mo

References

cinnamon-desktop website

Summary

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