How To Install launchy on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install launchy in Fedora 36. launchy is Open Source Keystroke Launcher

Introduction

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

What is `launchy`

Launchy is a free cross-platform utility designed to help you forget about your start menu, the icons on your desktop, and even your file manager. Launchy indexes the programs in your start menu and can launch your documents, project files, folders, and bookmarks with just a few keystrokes!

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

Install launchy 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 launchy using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install launchy

Install launchy 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 launchy using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install launchy

How To Uninstall launchy on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove launchy

launchy Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/xdg/autostart/launchy.desktop
/usr/bin/launchy
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/22
/usr/lib/.build-id/22/f8824f606503e8e8e7fd295f0f087860afd210
/usr/lib/.build-id/25
/usr/lib/.build-id/25/d89695dcbfea6f5ee1dc0d4b4ef5edc95134dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a/9fdee75074e1f18f2353b2439417cab9853139
/usr/lib/.build-id/88
/usr/lib/.build-id/88/a9fdecd5b53372691a957c16bf5828148dfe80
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0/6aecbeeb06b9d6a19e9d63944d04f5aec4a548
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa/a16d2754c3c172ebf1cb2fbfa7df36ad6bc40c
/usr/lib64/launchy
/usr/lib64/launchy/plugins
/usr/lib64/launchy/plugins/icons
/usr/lib64/launchy/plugins/icons/calcy.png
/usr/lib64/launchy/plugins/icons/controly.png
/usr/lib64/launchy/plugins/icons/copy.png
/usr/lib64/launchy/plugins/icons/launchy.exit.png
/usr/lib64/launchy/plugins/icons/launchy.options.png
/usr/lib64/launchy/plugins/icons/launchy.rebuild.png
/usr/lib64/launchy/plugins/icons/loader.png
/usr/lib64/launchy/plugins/icons/opencontainer.png
/usr/lib64/launchy/plugins/icons/properties.png
/usr/lib64/launchy/plugins/icons/run.png
/usr/lib64/launchy/plugins/icons/runner.png
/usr/lib64/launchy/plugins/icons/verby.png
/usr/lib64/launchy/plugins/icons/weby.png
/usr/lib64/launchy/plugins/libcalcy.so
/usr/lib64/launchy/plugins/libgcalc.so
/usr/lib64/launchy/plugins/librunner.so
/usr/lib64/launchy/plugins/libverby.so
/usr/lib64/launchy/plugins/libweby.so
/usr/share/applications/launchy.desktop
/usr/share/doc/launchy
/usr/share/doc/launchy/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/doc/launchy/readme.txt
/usr/share/launchy
/usr/share/launchy/skins
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Black_Glass
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Black_Glass/author.txt
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Black_Glass/frame.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Black_Glass/scrollBack.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Black_Glass/scrollDown.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Black_Glass/scrollUp.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Black_Glass/spinner.mng
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Black_Glass/style.qss
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Black_Glass_Wide
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Black_Glass_Wide/author.txt
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Black_Glass_Wide/frame.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Black_Glass_Wide/opsButton.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Black_Glass_Wide/opsButtonPressed.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Black_Glass_Wide/scrollBack.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Black_Glass_Wide/scrollDown.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Black_Glass_Wide/scrollUp.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Black_Glass_Wide/spinner.mng
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Black_Glass_Wide/style.qss
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Default
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Default/author.txt
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Default/background_nc.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Default/closeButton.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Default/closeButtonPressed.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Default/frame.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Default/mask_nc.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Default/opsButton.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Default/opsButtonPressed.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Default/scrollBack.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Default/scrollDown.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Default/scrollUp.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Default/spinner.mng
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Default/style.qss
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Mercury
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Mercury/author.txt
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Mercury/frame.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Mercury/scrollBack.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Mercury/scrollDown.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Mercury/scrollUp.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Mercury/spinner.mng
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Mercury/style.qss
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Mercury_Wide
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Mercury_Wide/author.txt
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Mercury_Wide/frame.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Mercury_Wide/opsButton.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Mercury_Wide/opsButtonPressed.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Mercury_Wide/scrollBack.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Mercury_Wide/scrollDown.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Mercury_Wide/scrollUp.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Mercury_Wide/spinner.mng
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Mercury_Wide/style.qss
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Note
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Note/author.txt
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Note/frame.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Note/scrollBack.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Note/scrollDown.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Note/scrollUp.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Note/style.qss
/usr/share/launchy/skins/QuickSilver2
/usr/share/launchy/skins/QuickSilver2/author.txt
/usr/share/launchy/skins/QuickSilver2/background_nc.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/QuickSilver2/frame.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/QuickSilver2/mask_nc.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/QuickSilver2/style.qss
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Simple
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Simple/style.qss
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Spotlight_Wide
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Spotlight_Wide/author.txt
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Spotlight_Wide/background_nc.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Spotlight_Wide/closeButton.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Spotlight_Wide/closeButtonPressed.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Spotlight_Wide/frame.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Spotlight_Wide/mask_nc.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Spotlight_Wide/opsButton.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Spotlight_Wide/opsButtonPressed.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Spotlight_Wide/scrollBack.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Spotlight_Wide/scrollDown.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Spotlight_Wide/scrollUp.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Spotlight_Wide/spinner.mng
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Spotlight_Wide/style.qss
/usr/share/pixmaps/launchy_icon.png

References

launchy website

Summary

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