How To Install bemenu on Fedora 34
bemenu is Dynamic menu library and client program inspired by dmenu Dynamic menu library and client program inspired by dmenu
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bemenu on Fedora 34.
What is bemenu
Dynamic menu library and client program inspired by dmenu. bemenu 0.6.3 1.fc34 x86_64 89 k bemenu-0.6.3-1.fc34.src.rpm updates Dynamic menu library and client program inspired by dmenu https GPLv3+ and LGPLv3+ Dynamic menu library and client program inspired by dmenu.
We can use yum or dnf to install bemenu on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bemenu.
Install bemenu on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install bemenu using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install bemenu
Install bemenu on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install bemenu using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install bemenu
How To Uninstall bemenu on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the bemenu package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove bemenu
bemenu Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/bemenu
/usr/bin/bemenu-run
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/02
/usr/lib/.build-id/02/760bf7aaeb3497fe70b9acc5e82a1df30ab009
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/d185f2559acd6e32ea05a49ba1fce8b23cd46c
/usr/lib/.build-id/49
/usr/lib/.build-id/49/851a6d6e8133fca48900f2a991d427260582e5
/usr/lib/.build-id/4f
/usr/lib/.build-id/4f/46065cdbc15f94469ceb334f7fca5430ad902a
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b/4440a4c829619d89c1c5d769d8f0e21e4c5e7c
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3/fae124be22ffaee945035092a510b2d852dfe7
/usr/lib64/bemenu
/usr/lib64/bemenu/bemenu-renderer-curses.so
/usr/lib64/bemenu/bemenu-renderer-wayland.so
/usr/lib64/bemenu/bemenu-renderer-x11.so
/usr/lib64/libbemenu.so.0
/usr/lib64/libbemenu.so.0.6.3
/usr/share/doc/bemenu
/usr/share/doc/bemenu/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/bemenu
/usr/share/licenses/bemenu/LICENSE-CLIENT
/usr/share/licenses/bemenu/LICENSE-LIB
/usr/share/man/man1/bemenu.1.gz
/usr/bin/bemenu
/usr/bin/bemenu-run
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/02
/usr/lib/.build-id/02/b555ed715a7f5f0ead4fd8c541f6728eb5e287
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e/016f06fb083b9cd7446d4e8e3a2324addf4d5f
/usr/lib/.build-id/31
/usr/lib/.build-id/31/47b5864f133f1386e444d35667d882913e9b2b
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d/46fd9927226b1937719d6c88ff68d174e00dcf
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d/b4c0a4a1c908eb6127cbf7c14604736ff3b574
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4/c2ee85beeaf1476e15290411a07207d4269c48
/usr/lib/bemenu
/usr/lib/bemenu/bemenu-renderer-curses.so
/usr/lib/bemenu/bemenu-renderer-wayland.so
/usr/lib/bemenu/bemenu-renderer-x11.so
/usr/lib/libbemenu.so.0
/usr/lib/libbemenu.so.0.4.1
/usr/share/doc/bemenu
/usr/share/doc/bemenu/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/bemenu
/usr/share/licenses/bemenu/LICENSE-CLIENT
/usr/share/licenses/bemenu/LICENSE-LIB
/usr/share/man/man1/bemenu-run.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bemenu.1.gz
/usr/bin/bemenu
/usr/bin/bemenu-run
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f/190a6a4cec8f11c80dbfe10f054b2bd62aa306
/usr/lib/.build-id/26
/usr/lib/.build-id/26/e27a56a92ce47cad68642d1e3817e57f9e368a
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e/d4f37e5869e257d59721199e5442c18d97da70
/usr/lib/.build-id/87
/usr/lib/.build-id/87/6dc66e1365df784e77b29524489e1e49b1385b
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3/94e54c5ee77de760f3e4e2d1d625254f11cf47
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7/33431e221f55a0cbb2645d7421856dcaf4fef0
/usr/lib/bemenu
/usr/lib/bemenu/bemenu-renderer-curses.so
/usr/lib/bemenu/bemenu-renderer-wayland.so
/usr/lib/bemenu/bemenu-renderer-x11.so
/usr/lib/libbemenu.so.0
/usr/lib/libbemenu.so.0.6.3
/usr/share/doc/bemenu
/usr/share/doc/bemenu/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/bemenu
/usr/share/licenses/bemenu/LICENSE-CLIENT
/usr/share/licenses/bemenu/LICENSE-LIB
/usr/share/man/man1/bemenu.1.gz
/usr/bin/bemenu
/usr/bin/bemenu-run
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e/23eed088d62b1331fb44df28f83e19482ad104
/usr/lib/.build-id/48
/usr/lib/.build-id/48/61808ec0d0ec8f46dabf2028d408dd47f78a09
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d/25af0fea166b9442fc41f8609eccad924014af
/usr/lib/.build-id/72
/usr/lib/.build-id/72/2901a2a334e6c3efdbb5471238c905a0a6c807
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa/7bea58b1df3025967b0681e5ec1c24ed9a943d
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/df464d97c0e46f4b044189a26e3d1b7a5f2345
/usr/lib64/bemenu
/usr/lib64/bemenu/bemenu-renderer-curses.so
/usr/lib64/bemenu/bemenu-renderer-wayland.so
/usr/lib64/bemenu/bemenu-renderer-x11.so
/usr/lib64/libbemenu.so.0
/usr/lib64/libbemenu.so.0.4.1
/usr/share/doc/bemenu
/usr/share/doc/bemenu/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/bemenu
/usr/share/licenses/bemenu/LICENSE-CLIENT
/usr/share/licenses/bemenu/LICENSE-LIB
/usr/share/man/man1/bemenu-run.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bemenu.1.gz
References
- [bemenu website](https://github.com/Cloudef/bemenu https://github.com/Cloudef/bemenu)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bemenu on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.
