How To Install lxappearance on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install lxappearance in Fedora 36. lxappearance is Feature-rich GTK+ theme switcher for LXDE

Introduction

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

What is lxappearance

LXAppearance is a new GTK+ theme switcher developed for LXDE, the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment. It is able to change GTK+ themes, icon themes, and fonts used by applications. All changes done by the users can be seen immediately in the preview area. After clicking the “Apply” button, the settings will be written to gtkrc, and all running programs will be asked to reload their themes.

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

Install lxappearance 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 lxappearance using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lxappearance

Install lxappearance 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 lxappearance using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lxappearance

How To Uninstall lxappearance on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove lxappearance

lxappearance Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/lxappearance
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/88
/usr/lib/.build-id/88/0afd403289f75f21d026c66ac0549dfa99f0e4
/usr/share/applications/lxappearance.desktop
/usr/share/doc/lxappearance
/usr/share/doc/lxappearance/AUTHORS
/usr/share/licenses/lxappearance
/usr/share/licenses/lxappearance/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/fo/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/lg/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/tt_RU/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur_PK/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/lxappearance.mo
/usr/share/lxappearance
/usr/share/lxappearance/ui
/usr/share/lxappearance/ui/about.ui
/usr/share/lxappearance/ui/lxappearance.ui
/usr/share/man/man1/lxappearance.1.gz

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Summary

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