How To Install emerald on Fedora 34

emerald is Themeable window decorator and compositing manager for Compiz Themeable window decorator and compositing manager for Compiz

Introduction

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

What is `emerald`

Emerald is themeable window decorator and compositing manager for Compiz. emerald 1 0.8.18 2.fc34 x86_64 325 k emerald-0.8.18-2.fc34.src.rpm fedora Themeable window decorator and compositing manager for Compiz https GPLv2+ Emerald is themeable window decorator and compositing manager for Compiz.

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

Install emerald 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 emerald using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install emerald

Install emerald 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 emerald using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install emerald

How To Uninstall emerald on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove emerald

emerald Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/emerald
/usr/bin/emerald-theme-manager
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/21
/usr/lib/.build-id/21/624f450359337c58aa6f1e91bef8e436d27d86
/usr/lib/.build-id/24
/usr/lib/.build-id/24/43f09d4f8cd27770cab7e81ff8fcc84b3cb3a8
/usr/lib/.build-id/44
/usr/lib/.build-id/44/f0f2c007e32d4add3b83c8938a044cc00cadbe
/usr/lib/.build-id/5c
/usr/lib/.build-id/5c/b057a94d335b539f1ebc6eb36ac600fce7c976
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a/bf7d725464e8baff8538c250b89b4cec26e569
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb/b2550c68fcafdb1cc53fa47fa5cb93a214e458
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5/59cf332bd64df49877e5a795c8f16d5014745d
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5/ac5cc622cf984a247c22eb0791ac398127ab4b
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb/4386bf35e65e6d84546dd5eceaa5c88e778f29
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1/bead8eb92c3fc91f282068403ce76840ff1b10
/usr/lib64/emerald
/usr/lib64/emerald/engines
/usr/lib64/emerald/engines/liblegacy.so
/usr/lib64/emerald/engines/libline.so
/usr/lib64/emerald/engines/liboxygen.so
/usr/lib64/emerald/engines/libpixmap.so
/usr/lib64/emerald/engines/libtruglass.so
/usr/lib64/emerald/engines/libvrunner.so
/usr/lib64/emerald/engines/libzootreeves.so
/usr/lib64/libemeraldengine.so.0
/usr/lib64/libemeraldengine.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/applications/emerald-theme-manager.desktop
/usr/share/doc/emerald
/usr/share/doc/emerald/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/emerald/NEWS
/usr/share/emerald
/usr/share/emerald/settings.ini
/usr/share/emerald/theme
/usr/share/emerald/theme/buttons.above.png
/usr/share/emerald/theme/buttons.close.png
/usr/share/emerald/theme/buttons.glow.png
/usr/share/emerald/theme/buttons.help.png
/usr/share/emerald/theme/buttons.inactive_glow.png
/usr/share/emerald/theme/buttons.max.png
/usr/share/emerald/theme/buttons.menu.png
/usr/share/emerald/theme/buttons.min.png
/usr/share/emerald/theme/buttons.restore.png
/usr/share/emerald/theme/buttons.shade.png
/usr/share/emerald/theme/buttons.sticky.png
/usr/share/emerald/theme/buttons.unabove.png
/usr/share/emerald/theme/buttons.unshade.png
/usr/share/emerald/theme/buttons.unsticky.png
/usr/share/emerald/theme/theme.ini
/usr/share/emerald/theme/theme.screenshot.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/emerald-theme-manager.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/emerald-theme-manager.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/emerald-theme-manager.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/emerald-theme-manager.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/emerald-theme-manager.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/mimetypes/application-x-emerald-theme.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/emerald-theme-manager.svg
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/es_AR/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/emerald-theme-manager.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/emerald.1.gz
/usr/share/mime-info/emerald.mime
/usr/share/mime/packages/emerald.xml
/usr/bin/emerald
/usr/bin/emerald-theme-manager
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/29
/usr/lib/.build-id/29/bcd9686bc90dd56824adad9cddf1e9c939d19b
/usr/lib/.build-id/36
/usr/lib/.build-id/36/d7ed00072828963bdcdd6af6d360bae1f46970
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f/48265da1923aac16c2c69f2030d406723b00b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/47
/usr/lib/.build-id/47/cf9073d732abf69f99c9ec7505730eb2cdecba
/usr/lib/.build-id/52
/usr/lib/.build-id/52/f6c012b8d40077312685ff241944b79e80970b
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f/f24d2819535f9e7604c2337c1e929966a91c2f
/usr/lib/.build-id/95
/usr/lib/.build-id/95/019776c3ce3ecfcc1a453b1fe3741f7eb00535
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf/8abb143a3aedd74f1ea0884d2de7c24fab6c5c
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd/67866e40dc3bb1a831c4dc44c12b04a1f9e43b
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd/4455bbfbca4d4c12fa6b562f5db0164ad97aa9
/usr/lib/emerald
/usr/lib/emerald/engines
/usr/lib/emerald/engines/liblegacy.so
/usr/lib/emerald/engines/libline.so
/usr/lib/emerald/engines/liboxygen.so
/usr/lib/emerald/engines/libpixmap.so
/usr/lib/emerald/engines/libtruglass.so
/usr/lib/emerald/engines/libvrunner.so
/usr/lib/emerald/engines/libzootreeves.so
/usr/lib/libemeraldengine.so.0
/usr/lib/libemeraldengine.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/applications/emerald-theme-manager.desktop
/usr/share/doc/emerald
/usr/share/doc/emerald/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/emerald/NEWS
/usr/share/emerald
/usr/share/emerald/settings.ini
/usr/share/emerald/theme
/usr/share/emerald/theme/buttons.above.png
/usr/share/emerald/theme/buttons.close.png
/usr/share/emerald/theme/buttons.glow.png
/usr/share/emerald/theme/buttons.help.png
/usr/share/emerald/theme/buttons.inactive_glow.png
/usr/share/emerald/theme/buttons.max.png
/usr/share/emerald/theme/buttons.menu.png
/usr/share/emerald/theme/buttons.min.png
/usr/share/emerald/theme/buttons.restore.png
/usr/share/emerald/theme/buttons.shade.png
/usr/share/emerald/theme/buttons.sticky.png
/usr/share/emerald/theme/buttons.unabove.png
/usr/share/emerald/theme/buttons.unshade.png
/usr/share/emerald/theme/buttons.unsticky.png
/usr/share/emerald/theme/theme.ini
/usr/share/emerald/theme/theme.screenshot.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/emerald-theme-manager.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/emerald-theme-manager.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/emerald-theme-manager.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/emerald-theme-manager.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/emerald-theme-manager.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/mimetypes/application-x-emerald-theme.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/emerald-theme-manager.svg
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/es_AR/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/emerald.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/emerald-theme-manager.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/emerald.1.gz
/usr/share/mime-info/emerald.mime
/usr/share/mime/packages/emerald.xml

References

[emerald website](https://gitlab.com/compiz/emerald https://gitlab.com/compiz/emerald)

Summary

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