How To Install webextension-gsconnect on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install webextension-gsconnect on Fedora 36.
What is webextension-gsconnect
The webextension-gsconnect package allows Google Chrome/Chromium, Firefox, Vivaldi, Opera (and other Browser Extension, Chrome Extension or WebExtensions capable browsers) to interact with GSConnect, using the Share plugin to open links in device browsers and the Telephony plugin to share links with contacts by SMS.
We can use yum or dnf to install webextension-gsconnect on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install webextension-gsconnect.
Install webextension-gsconnect 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 webextension-gsconnect using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install webextension-gsconnect
Install webextension-gsconnect 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 webextension-gsconnect using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install webextension-gsconnect
How To Uninstall webextension-gsconnect on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the webextension-gsconnect package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove webextension-gsconnect
webextension-gsconnect Package Contents on Fedora 36
/etc/chromium
/etc/chromium/native-messaging-hosts
/etc/chromium/native-messaging-hosts/org.gnome.shell.extensions.gsconnect.json
/etc/opt/chrome
/etc/opt/chrome/native-messaging-hosts
/etc/opt/chrome/native-messaging-hosts/org.gnome.shell.extensions.gsconnect.json
/usr/lib64/mozilla/native-messaging-hosts
/usr/lib64/mozilla/native-messaging-hosts/org.gnome.shell.extensions.gsconnect.json
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install webextension-gsconnect on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).
