How To Install i3 on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install i3 on Fedora 34.
What is i3
Key features of i3 are correct implementation of XrandR, horizontal and vertical columns (think of a table) in tiling. Also, special focus is on writing clean, readable and well documented code. i3 uses xcb for asynchronous communication with X11, and has several measures to be very fast. Please be aware that i3 is primarily targeted at advanced users and developers.
We can use yum or dnf to install i3 on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install i3.
Install i3 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 i3 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install i3
Install i3 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 i3 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install i3
How To Uninstall i3 on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the i3 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove i3
i3 Package Contents on Fedora 34
/etc/i3
/etc/i3/config
/etc/i3/config.keycodes
/usr/bin/i3
/usr/bin/i3-config-wizard
/usr/bin/i3-dmenu-desktop
/usr/bin/i3-dump-log
/usr/bin/i3-input
/usr/bin/i3-migrate-config-to-v4
/usr/bin/i3-msg
/usr/bin/i3-nagbar
/usr/bin/i3-save-tree
/usr/bin/i3-sensible-editor
/usr/bin/i3-sensible-pager
/usr/bin/i3-sensible-terminal
/usr/bin/i3-with-shmlog
/usr/bin/i3bar
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/eae2c00575232d69110cb68875c2769fb39935
/usr/lib/.build-id/57
/usr/lib/.build-id/57/fbb036e1ff7e69702a1da4b11f5f1fa5c8a4fc
/usr/lib/.build-id/67
/usr/lib/.build-id/67/9c98d78f728faae600cbc3bfc544eecdad7fdd
/usr/lib/.build-id/82
/usr/lib/.build-id/82/ef4e4f66f98cd60f0fc9079959a946a8557bba
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf/ca8b03039a88d746ef524b48c3992828af9f0c
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8/0ddb18a367836e7e9dd7614d8d22de8f222e53
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8/e666095a8e96ec6dd4a7c2613364e15a9af51b
/usr/share/applications/i3.desktop
/usr/share/doc/i3/RELEASE-NOTES-4.19.2
/usr/share/licenses/i3
/usr/share/licenses/i3/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/i3-config-wizard.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i3-dmenu-desktop.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i3-dump-log.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i3-input.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i3-migrate-config-to-v4.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i3-msg.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i3-nagbar.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i3-save-tree.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i3-sensible-editor.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i3-sensible-pager.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i3-sensible-terminal.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i3.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i3bar.1.gz
/usr/share/pixmaps/i3-logo.svg
/usr/share/xsessions/i3-with-shmlog.desktop
/usr/share/xsessions/i3.desktop
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install i3 on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.