How To Install labwc on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install labwc on Fedora 34.
What is labwc
Labwc is a wlroots-based stacking compositor for Wayland. It has the following aims * Be light-weight, small and fast. * Use openbox-3.4 specification for configuration and themes. * Keep feature set small (ca 40% of openbox). * Where practicable, use clients for wall-paper, panel, screenshots, and so on. * Stay in keeping with wlroots and sway in terms of approach and coding style.
We can use yum or dnf to install labwc on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install labwc.
Install labwc 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 labwc using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install labwc
Install labwc 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 labwc using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install labwc
How To Uninstall labwc on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the labwc package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove labwc
labwc Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/labwc
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/09
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/82a86c752b533c573720fa2196a0cd0f70bde9
/usr/share/doc/labwc
/usr/share/doc/labwc/NEWS.md
/usr/share/doc/labwc/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/labwc
/usr/share/licenses/labwc/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/labwc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/labwc-actions.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/labwc-config.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/labwc-theme.5.gz
/usr/share/wayland-sessions/labwc.desktop
/usr/bin/labwc
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/b52e448036d0df96148d234354f498020a6f59
/usr/share/doc/labwc
/usr/share/doc/labwc/NEWS.md
/usr/share/doc/labwc/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/labwc
/usr/share/licenses/labwc/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/labwc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/labwc-actions.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/labwc-config.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/labwc-environment.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/labwc-menu.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/labwc-theme.5.gz
/usr/share/wayland-sessions/labwc.desktop
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install labwc on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.