How To Install devilspie2 on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install devilspie2 in Fedora 36. devilspie2 is A window-matching utility

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install devilspie2 on Fedora 36.

What is devilspie2

Devilspie2 is a window matching utility, allowing the user to perform scripted actions on windows as they are created. For example you can script a terminal program to always be positioned at a specific screen position, or position a window on a specific workspace. It is based on the program Devilspie by Ross Burton.

We can use yum or dnf to install devilspie2 on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install devilspie2.

Install devilspie2 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 devilspie2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install devilspie2

Install devilspie2 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 devilspie2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install devilspie2

How To Uninstall devilspie2 on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the devilspie2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove devilspie2

devilspie2 Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/devilspie2
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/de
/usr/lib/.build-id/de/de4e44b4b5b41568e501a46108b47ca49a9422
/usr/share/doc/devilspie2
/usr/share/doc/devilspie2/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/devilspie2/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/devilspie2/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/devilspie2/GPL3.txt
/usr/share/doc/devilspie2/README
/usr/share/doc/devilspie2/README.translators
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/devilspie2.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/devilspie2.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/devilspie2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/devilspie2.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/devilspie2.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/devilspie2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/devilspie2.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/devilspie2.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/devilspie2.1.gz

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install devilspie2 on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).