How To Install garcon on Fedora 34

garcon is Implementation of the freedesktop.org menu specification Implementation of the freedesktop.org menu specification

Introduction

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

What is `garcon`

Garcon is an implementation of the freedesktop.org menu specification replacing the former Xfce menu library libxfce4menu. It is based on GLib/GIO only and aims at covering the entire specification except for legacy menus. garcon 4.16.1 3.fc34 x86_64 230 k garcon-4.16.1-3.fc34.src.rpm fedora Implementation of the freedesktop.org menu specification http LGPLv2+ and GFDL Garcon is an implementation of the freedesktop.org menu specification replacing the former Xfce menu library libxfce4menu. It is based on GLib/GIO only and aims at covering the entire specification except for legacy menus.

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

Install garcon 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 garcon using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install garcon

Install garcon 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 garcon using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install garcon

How To Uninstall garcon on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove garcon

garcon Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/xdg/menus/xfce-applications.menu
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f/4a62073a9046e51511d73a64ec807eb0d21956
/usr/lib/.build-id/af
/usr/lib/.build-id/af/85182581b2d083a58d66846829a40c45b78e7c
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/Garcon-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/GarconGtk-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/libgarcon-1.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgarcon-1.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libgarcon-gtk3-1.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgarcon-gtk3-1.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/desktop-directories/xfce-accessories.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/xfce-development.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/xfce-documentation.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/xfce-education.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/xfce-games.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/xfce-graphics.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/xfce-hardware.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/xfce-multimedia.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/xfce-network.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/xfce-office.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/xfce-other.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/xfce-personal.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/xfce-screensavers.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/xfce-settings.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/xfce-system.directory
/usr/share/doc/garcon
/usr/share/doc/garcon/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/garcon/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/garcon/NEWS
/usr/share/gir-1.0/Garcon-1.0.gir
/usr/share/gir-1.0/GarconGtk-1.0.gir
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/org.xfce.garcon.png
/usr/share/licenses/garcon
/usr/share/licenses/garcon/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_AU/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy_AM/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/hye/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/ie/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/kab/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/uz/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/uz@Latn/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/etc/xdg/menus/xfce-applications.menu
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/c676168bc5521c4b7a58aee08b4abc2b35536d
/usr/lib/.build-id/e6
/usr/lib/.build-id/e6/bc64a4d12ec6a4158e499c91607ca09434fd08
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/Garcon-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/GarconGtk-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib/libgarcon-1.so.0
/usr/lib/libgarcon-1.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/libgarcon-gtk3-1.so.0
/usr/lib/libgarcon-gtk3-1.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/desktop-directories/xfce-accessories.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/xfce-development.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/xfce-documentation.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/xfce-education.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/xfce-games.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/xfce-graphics.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/xfce-hardware.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/xfce-multimedia.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/xfce-network.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/xfce-office.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/xfce-other.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/xfce-personal.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/xfce-screensavers.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/xfce-settings.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/xfce-system.directory
/usr/share/doc/garcon
/usr/share/doc/garcon/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/garcon/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/garcon/NEWS
/usr/share/gir-1.0/Garcon-1.0.gir
/usr/share/gir-1.0/GarconGtk-1.0.gir
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/org.xfce.garcon.png
/usr/share/licenses/garcon
/usr/share/licenses/garcon/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_AU/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy_AM/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/hye/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/ie/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/kab/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/uz/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/uz@Latn/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo

References

[garcon website](http://xfce.org/ http://xfce.org/)

Summary

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