How To Install guake on Fedora 34

guake is Drop-down terminal for GNOME

Introduction

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

What is guake

Guake is a dropdown terminal made for the GNOME desktop environment. Guake’s style of window is based on an FPS game, and one of its goals is to be easy to reach.

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

Install guake 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 guake using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install guake

Install guake 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 guake using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install guake

How To Uninstall guake on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove guake

guake Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/guake
/usr/bin/guake-toggle
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake-3.7.0-py3.9.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake-3.7.0-py3.9.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake-3.7.0-py3.9.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake-3.7.0-py3.9.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake-3.7.0-py3.9.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake-3.7.0-py3.9.egg-info/not-zip-safe
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake-3.7.0-py3.9.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake-3.7.0-py3.9.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/about.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/about.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/boxes.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/boxes.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/callbacks.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/callbacks.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/common.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/common.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/customcommands.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/customcommands.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/dbusiface.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/dbusiface.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/dialogs.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/dialogs.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/globals.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/globals.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/gsettings.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/gsettings.cpython-39.pyc
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/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/guake_app.cpython-39.pyc
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/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/guake_logging.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/guake_toggle.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/guake_toggle.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/keybindings.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/keybindings.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/main.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/main.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/menus.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/menus.cpython-39.pyc
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/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/notifier.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/palettes.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/palettes.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/paths.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/paths.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/prefs.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/prefs.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/settings.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/settings.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/simplegladeapp.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/simplegladeapp.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/split_utils.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/split_utils.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/support.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/support.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/terminal.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/terminal.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/theme.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/theme.cpython-39.pyc
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/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/__pycache__/utils.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/about.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/boxes.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/callbacks.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/common.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/customcommands.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/data
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/data/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/data/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/data/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/data/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/dbusiface.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/dialogs.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/globals.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/gsettings.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/guake_app.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/guake_logging.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/guake_toggle.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/keybindings.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/main.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/menus.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/notebook.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/notifier.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/palettes.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/paths.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/prefs.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/settings.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/simplegladeapp.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/split_utils.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/support.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/terminal.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/tests
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/tests/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/tests/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/tests/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/tests/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.pyc
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/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/tests/__pycache__/test_about.cpython-39.pyc
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/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/tests/__pycache__/test_guake.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/tests/__pycache__/test_notebook.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/tests/__pycache__/test_notebook.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/tests/__pycache__/test_quick_open.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/tests/__pycache__/test_quick_open.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/tests/test_about.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/tests/test_guake.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/tests/test_notebook.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/tests/test_quick_open.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/theme.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/guake/utils.py
/usr/share/applications/guake-prefs.desktop
/usr/share/applications/guake.desktop
/usr/share/doc/guake
/usr/share/doc/guake/NEWS.rst
/usr/share/doc/guake/README.rst
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.guake.gschema.xml
/usr/share/guake
/usr/share/guake/about.glade
/usr/share/guake/autostart-guake.desktop
/usr/share/guake/guake.glade
/usr/share/guake/pixmaps
/usr/share/guake/pixmaps/add_tab.png
/usr/share/guake/pixmaps/guake-128.png
/usr/share/guake/pixmaps/guake-48.png
/usr/share/guake/pixmaps/guake-64.png
/usr/share/guake/pixmaps/guake-notification.png
/usr/share/guake/pixmaps/guake-tray.png
/usr/share/guake/pixmaps/guake-tray.svg
/usr/share/guake/pixmaps/guake.png
/usr/share/guake/pixmaps/quick-open-python-exception.png
/usr/share/guake/pixmaps/quick-open-selection.png
/usr/share/guake/pixmaps/quick-open.png
/usr/share/guake/po
/usr/share/guake/po/LINGUAS
/usr/share/guake/po/ca.mo
/usr/share/guake/po/ca.po
/usr/share/guake/po/cs.mo
/usr/share/guake/po/cs.po
/usr/share/guake/po/de.mo
/usr/share/guake/po/de.po
/usr/share/guake/po/el.mo
/usr/share/guake/po/el.po
/usr/share/guake/po/es.mo
/usr/share/guake/po/es.po
/usr/share/guake/po/fa.mo
/usr/share/guake/po/fa.po
/usr/share/guake/po/fr.mo
/usr/share/guake/po/fr.po
/usr/share/guake/po/gl.mo
/usr/share/guake/po/gl.po
/usr/share/guake/po/hr.mo
/usr/share/guake/po/hr.po
/usr/share/guake/po/hu.mo
/usr/share/guake/po/hu.po
/usr/share/guake/po/id.mo
/usr/share/guake/po/id.po
/usr/share/guake/po/it.mo
/usr/share/guake/po/it.po
/usr/share/guake/po/ja.mo
/usr/share/guake/po/ja.po
/usr/share/guake/po/ko.mo
/usr/share/guake/po/ko.po
/usr/share/guake/po/nb.mo
/usr/share/guake/po/nb.po
/usr/share/guake/po/nl.mo
/usr/share/guake/po/nl.po
/usr/share/guake/po/pa.mo
/usr/share/guake/po/pa.po
/usr/share/guake/po/pl.mo
/usr/share/guake/po/pl.po
/usr/share/guake/po/pt_BR.mo
/usr/share/guake/po/pt_BR.po
/usr/share/guake/po/ru.mo
/usr/share/guake/po/ru.po
/usr/share/guake/po/sv.mo
/usr/share/guake/po/sv.po
/usr/share/guake/po/tr.mo
/usr/share/guake/po/tr.po
/usr/share/guake/po/uk.mo
/usr/share/guake/po/uk.po
/usr/share/guake/po/zh_CN.mo
/usr/share/guake/po/zh_CN.po
/usr/share/guake/po/zh_TW.mo
/usr/share/guake/po/zh_TW.po
/usr/share/guake/prefs.glade
/usr/share/guake/search.glade
/usr/share/licenses/guake
/usr/share/licenses/guake/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/guake.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/guake.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/guake.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/guake.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/guake.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/guake.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/guake.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/guake.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/guake.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/guake.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/guake.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/guake.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/guake.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/guake.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/guake.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/guake.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/guake.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/guake.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/guake.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/guake.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/guake.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/guake.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/guake.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/guake.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/guake.mo
/usr/share/metainfo/guake.appdata.xml
/usr/share/pixmaps/guake.png

References

Summary

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