How To Install xorg-x11-xinit on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-xinit in Fedora 36. xorg-x11-xinit is X.Org X11 X Window System xinit startup scripts

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-xinit on Fedora 36.

What is `xorg-x11-xinit`

X.Org X11 X Window System xinit startup scripts.

We can use yum or dnf to install xorg-x11-xinit on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xorg-x11-xinit.

Install xorg-x11-xinit 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 xorg-x11-xinit using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xorg-x11-xinit

Install xorg-x11-xinit 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 xorg-x11-xinit using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xorg-x11-xinit

How To Uninstall xorg-x11-xinit on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the xorg-x11-xinit package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xorg-x11-xinit

xorg-x11-xinit Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/X11/Xmodmap
/etc/X11/Xresources
/etc/X11/xinit
/etc/X11/xinit/Xclients
/etc/X11/xinit/Xclients.d
/etc/X11/xinit/Xsession
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc-common
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/localuser.sh
/usr/bin/startx
/usr/bin/xinit
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a/d2ddc93a33e2e0f016ce00a7a0d761d9eac029
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-xinit
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-xinit/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-xinit/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-xinit/README
/usr/share/man/man1/startx.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xinit.1.gz

References

xorg-x11-xinit website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-xinit on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).