How To Install feh on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install feh on Fedora 34.
What is feh
feh is a versatile and fast image viewer using imlib2, the premier image file handling library. feh has many features, from simple single file viewing, to multiple file modes using a slide-show or multiple windows. feh supports the creation of montages as index prints with many user-configurable options.
We can use yum or dnf to install feh on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install feh.
Install feh 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 feh using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install feh
Install feh 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 feh using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install feh
How To Uninstall feh on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the feh package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove feh
feh Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/feh
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/49
/usr/lib/.build-id/49/f141aabf36cffb709659161f432c06e75b8a2e
/usr/share/applications/feh.desktop
/usr/share/doc/feh
/usr/share/doc/feh/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/feh/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/feh/README.md
/usr/share/doc/feh/TODO
/usr/share/doc/feh/examples
/usr/share/doc/feh/examples/buttons
/usr/share/doc/feh/examples/keys
/usr/share/doc/feh/examples/themes
/usr/share/feh
/usr/share/feh/fonts
/usr/share/feh/fonts/black.style
/usr/share/feh/fonts/menu.style
/usr/share/feh/images
/usr/share/feh/images/feh.png
/usr/share/feh/images/feh.svg
/usr/share/feh/images/menubg_default.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/feh.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/feh.svg
/usr/share/licenses/feh
/usr/share/licenses/feh/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/feh.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install feh on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.