How To Install i3status on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install i3status
on Fedora 34.
What is i3status
i3status is a program for generating a status bar for i3bar, dzen2, xmobar or similar programs. It issues a small number of system calls, as one generally wants to update such status lines every second so that the bar is updated even under load. It saves a bit of energy by being more efficient than shell commands.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install i3status
on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install i3status.
Install i3status 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 i3status
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install i3status
Install i3status 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 i3status
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install i3status
How To Uninstall i3status on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the i3status
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove i3status
i3status Package Contents on Fedora 34
/etc/i3status.conf
/usr/bin/i3status
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/56
/usr/lib/.build-id/56/7a3c4262400d4b84fc7572c758b9c04a3a8f1e
/usr/share/doc/i3status
/usr/share/doc/i3status/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/licenses/i3status
/usr/share/licenses/i3status/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/i3status.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install i3status
on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.