How To Install dbus on Fedora 34

dbus is D-BUS message bus

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dbus on Fedora 34.

What is dbus

D-BUS is a system for sending messages between applications. It is used both for the system-wide message bus service, and as a per-user-login-session messaging facility.

We can use yum or dnf to install dbus on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dbus.

Install dbus 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 dbus using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dbus

Install dbus 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 dbus using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dbus

How To Uninstall dbus on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove dbus

dbus Package Contents on Fedora 34

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dbus on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.