How To Install kshutdown on Fedora 34

kshutdown is Graphical shutdown utility for Plasma 5

Introduction

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

What is `kshutdown`

KShutdown is a graphical shutdown utility which allows you to turn off or suspend computer at the specified time. It features various time and delay options, command line support, and notifications.

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

Install kshutdown 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 kshutdown using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kshutdown

Install kshutdown 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 kshutdown using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kshutdown

How To Uninstall kshutdown on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove kshutdown

kshutdown Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/kshutdown
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a/100523237037916d16cf91b98e858795bca817
/usr/share/applications/kshutdown.desktop
/usr/share/doc/kshutdown
/usr/share/doc/kshutdown/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/kshutdown/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/kshutdown/TODO
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/kshutdown.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/kshutdown.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/kshutdown.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/kshutdown.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/kshutdown.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/kshutdown.png
/usr/share/knotifications5/kshutdown.notifyrc
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/kshutdown.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/kshutdown.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/kshutdown.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/kshutdown.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/kshutdown.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/kshutdown.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/kshutdown.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/kshutdown.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/kshutdown.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/kshutdown.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/kshutdown.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/kshutdown.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/kshutdown.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/kshutdown.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/kshutdown.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/kshutdown.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/kshutdown.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/kshutdown.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@ijekavian/LC_MESSAGES/kshutdown.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@ijekavianlatin/LC_MESSAGES/kshutdown.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/kshutdown.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/kshutdown.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/kshutdown.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/kshutdown.mo

References

kshutdown website

Summary

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