How To Install filedrop on Fedora 34

filedrop is Drag-and-drop support for Java

Introduction

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

What is filedrop

FileDrop makes it easy to drag and drop files from the operating system to a Java program. Any java.awt.Component can be dropped onto, but only javax.swing.JComponents will indicate the drop event with a changed border.

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

Install filedrop 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 filedrop using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install filedrop

Install filedrop 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 filedrop using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install filedrop

How To Uninstall filedrop on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove filedrop

filedrop Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/share/doc/filedrop
/usr/share/doc/filedrop/Example.java
/usr/share/doc/filedrop/filedrop.gif
/usr/share/doc/filedrop/files.gif
/usr/share/doc/filedrop/index.html
/usr/share/java/filedrop.jar

References

Summary

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