How To Install gnome-packagekit-updater on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-packagekit-updater in Fedora 36. gnome-packagekit-updater is PackageKit package updater

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-packagekit-updater on Fedora 36.

What is gnome-packagekit-updater

A graphical package updater for PackageKit which is used to update packages without rebooting.

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

Install gnome-packagekit-updater 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 gnome-packagekit-updater using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gnome-packagekit-updater

Install gnome-packagekit-updater 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 gnome-packagekit-updater using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gnome-packagekit-updater

How To Uninstall gnome-packagekit-updater on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the gnome-packagekit-updater package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gnome-packagekit-updater

gnome-packagekit-updater Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/gpk-update-viewer
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd/46e3aa61943343821552bee1371af2864b7f76
/usr/share/applications/org.gnome.PackageUpdater.desktop
/usr/share/man/man1/gpk-update-viewer.1.gz
/usr/share/metainfo/org.gnome.PackageUpdater.appdata.xml

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Summary

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