How To Install kdeconnectd on Fedora 34

kdeconnectd is KDE Connect service

Introduction

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

What is kdeconnectd

KDE Connect service.

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

Install kdeconnectd 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 kdeconnectd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kdeconnectd

Install kdeconnectd 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 kdeconnectd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kdeconnectd

How To Uninstall kdeconnectd on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove kdeconnectd

kdeconnectd Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/xdg/autostart/org.kde.kdeconnect.daemon.desktop
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d/c27e9692dfa55018a25b364913fe2afd059266
/usr/libexec/kdeconnectd
/usr/share/applications/org.kde.kdeconnect.daemon.desktop
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.kde.kdeconnect.service
/etc/xdg/autostart/org.kde.kdeconnect.daemon.desktop
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a/873920be9363be0f1f1f424989ef591f1c7c77
/usr/libexec/kdeconnectd
/usr/share/applications/org.kde.kdeconnect.daemon.desktop
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.kde.kdeconnect.service

References

Summary

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