How To Install desktopfolder on Fedora 34

desktopfolder is Bring your desktop back to life

Introduction

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

What is `desktopfolder`

Organize your desktop with panels that hold your things. - Access files, folders and apps from your desktop - Drop files, folders, links and .desktop launchers inside panels - Resize, position and color panels - Display photos and keep notes on your desktop - Reveal the desktop with ⌘-D Open it like any other app after installing. Desktop Folder will launch automatically when you next log in.

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

Install desktopfolder 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 desktopfolder using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install desktopfolder

Install desktopfolder 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 desktopfolder using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install desktopfolder

How To Uninstall desktopfolder on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove desktopfolder

desktopfolder Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/xdg/autostart/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder-autostart.desktop
/usr/bin/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c/82684b4fdc4fdfb02f9898f381ad5dab3dcff5
/usr/share/applications/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.desktop
/usr/share/doc/desktopfolder
/usr/share/doc/desktopfolder/AUTHORS.md
/usr/share/doc/desktopfolder/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
/usr/share/doc/desktopfolder/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/desktopfolder/README.md
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.gschema.xml
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.svg
/usr/share/licenses/desktopfolder
/usr/share/licenses/desktopfolder/LICENSE
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.mo
/usr/share/locale/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr_FR/LC_MESSAGES/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms_MY/LC_MESSAGES/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl_NL/LC_MESSAGES/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_PT/LC_MESSAGES/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro_RO/LC_MESSAGES/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.mo
/usr/share/metainfo/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.appdata.xml

References

desktopfolder website

Summary

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