How To Install redshift on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install redshift in Fedora 36. redshift is Adjusts the color temperature of your screen according to time of day

Introduction

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

What is redshift

Redshift adjusts the color temperature of your screen according to your surroundings. This may help your eyes hurt less if you are working in front of the screen at night. The color temperature is set according to the position of the sun. A different color temperature is set during night and daytime. During twilight and early morning, the color temperature transitions smoothly from night to daytime temperature to allow your eyes to slowly adapt. This package provides the base program.

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

Install redshift 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 redshift using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install redshift

Install redshift 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 redshift using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install redshift

How To Uninstall redshift on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove redshift

redshift Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/redshift
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/44
/usr/lib/.build-id/44/28ede2ce8455273f88b9ccb5794477464fc1e3
/usr/lib/systemd/user/redshift.service
/usr/share/applications/redshift.desktop
/usr/share/doc/redshift
/usr/share/doc/redshift/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/redshift/DESIGN
/usr/share/doc/redshift/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/redshift/NEWS.md
/usr/share/doc/redshift/README
/usr/share/doc/redshift/README-colorramp
/usr/share/doc/redshift/README.md
/usr/share/doc/redshift/redshift.conf.sample
/usr/share/licenses/redshift
/usr/share/licenses/redshift/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/redshift.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/redshift.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/redshift.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/redshift.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/redshift.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/redshift.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/redshift.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/redshift.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/redshift.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/redshift.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/redshift.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/redshift.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/redshift.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/redshift.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/redshift.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/redshift.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/redshift.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/redshift.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/redshift.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/redshift.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/redshift.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/redshift.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/redshift.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/redshift.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/redshift.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/redshift.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/redshift.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/redshift.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/redshift.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/redshift.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/redshift.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/redshift.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/redshift.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/redshift.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/redshift.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/redshift.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/redshift.1.gz

References

Summary

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