How To Install launchy on Fedora 34
launchy is Open Source Keystroke Launcher
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install launchy on Fedora 34.
What is launchy
Launchy is a free cross-platform utility designed to help you forget about your start menu, the icons on your desktop, and even your file manager. Launchy indexes the programs in your start menu and can launch your documents, project files, folders, and bookmarks with just a few keystrokes!
We can use yum or dnf to install launchy on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install launchy.
Install launchy 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 launchy using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install launchy
Install launchy 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 launchy using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install launchy
How To Uninstall launchy on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the launchy package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove launchy
launchy Package Contents on Fedora 34
/etc/xdg/autostart/launchy.desktop
/usr/bin/launchy
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/07
/usr/lib/.build-id/07/17e6e915f7ea3beba830c28a214f46df5ab696
/usr/lib/.build-id/52
/usr/lib/.build-id/52/01d7e4fd53aa1d44bf9c5b1b1fa31459fdd10c
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a/09a5110e59ebbb4191e07c09fdb62489169d4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/89
/usr/lib/.build-id/89/9802cc42a1692a49d14d29b7c72030cd5d5782
/usr/lib/.build-id/de
/usr/lib/.build-id/de/f3e11b00a9373633c58043b9e76e6720f2921c
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc/81d275166f4d6bd345a1d42d898d5b7852f0cf
/usr/lib64/launchy
/usr/lib64/launchy/plugins
/usr/lib64/launchy/plugins/icons
/usr/lib64/launchy/plugins/icons/calcy.png
/usr/lib64/launchy/plugins/icons/controly.png
/usr/lib64/launchy/plugins/icons/copy.png
/usr/lib64/launchy/plugins/icons/launchy.exit.png
/usr/lib64/launchy/plugins/icons/launchy.options.png
/usr/lib64/launchy/plugins/icons/launchy.rebuild.png
/usr/lib64/launchy/plugins/icons/loader.png
/usr/lib64/launchy/plugins/icons/opencontainer.png
/usr/lib64/launchy/plugins/icons/properties.png
/usr/lib64/launchy/plugins/icons/run.png
/usr/lib64/launchy/plugins/icons/runner.png
/usr/lib64/launchy/plugins/icons/verby.png
/usr/lib64/launchy/plugins/icons/weby.png
/usr/lib64/launchy/plugins/libcalcy.so
/usr/lib64/launchy/plugins/libgcalc.so
/usr/lib64/launchy/plugins/librunner.so
/usr/lib64/launchy/plugins/libverby.so
/usr/lib64/launchy/plugins/libweby.so
/usr/share/applications/launchy.desktop
/usr/share/doc/launchy
/usr/share/doc/launchy/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/doc/launchy/readme.txt
/usr/share/launchy
/usr/share/launchy/skins
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Black_Glass
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Black_Glass/author.txt
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Black_Glass/frame.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Black_Glass/scrollBack.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Black_Glass/scrollDown.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Black_Glass/scrollUp.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Black_Glass/spinner.mng
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Black_Glass/style.qss
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Black_Glass_Wide
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Black_Glass_Wide/author.txt
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Black_Glass_Wide/frame.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Black_Glass_Wide/opsButton.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Black_Glass_Wide/opsButtonPressed.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Black_Glass_Wide/scrollBack.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Black_Glass_Wide/scrollDown.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Black_Glass_Wide/scrollUp.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Black_Glass_Wide/spinner.mng
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Black_Glass_Wide/style.qss
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Default
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Default/author.txt
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Default/background_nc.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Default/closeButton.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Default/closeButtonPressed.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Default/frame.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Default/mask_nc.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Default/opsButton.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Default/opsButtonPressed.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Default/scrollBack.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Default/scrollDown.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Default/scrollUp.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Default/spinner.mng
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Default/style.qss
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Mercury
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Mercury/author.txt
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Mercury/frame.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Mercury/scrollBack.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Mercury/scrollDown.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Mercury/scrollUp.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Mercury/spinner.mng
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Mercury/style.qss
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Mercury_Wide
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Mercury_Wide/author.txt
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Mercury_Wide/frame.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Mercury_Wide/opsButton.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Mercury_Wide/opsButtonPressed.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Mercury_Wide/scrollBack.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Mercury_Wide/scrollDown.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Mercury_Wide/scrollUp.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Mercury_Wide/spinner.mng
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Mercury_Wide/style.qss
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Note
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Note/author.txt
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Note/frame.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Note/scrollBack.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Note/scrollDown.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Note/scrollUp.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Note/style.qss
/usr/share/launchy/skins/QuickSilver2
/usr/share/launchy/skins/QuickSilver2/author.txt
/usr/share/launchy/skins/QuickSilver2/background_nc.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/QuickSilver2/frame.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/QuickSilver2/mask_nc.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/QuickSilver2/style.qss
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Simple
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Simple/style.qss
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Spotlight_Wide
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Spotlight_Wide/author.txt
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Spotlight_Wide/background_nc.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Spotlight_Wide/closeButton.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Spotlight_Wide/closeButtonPressed.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Spotlight_Wide/frame.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Spotlight_Wide/mask_nc.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Spotlight_Wide/opsButton.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Spotlight_Wide/opsButtonPressed.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Spotlight_Wide/scrollBack.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Spotlight_Wide/scrollDown.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Spotlight_Wide/scrollUp.png
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Spotlight_Wide/spinner.mng
/usr/share/launchy/skins/Spotlight_Wide/style.qss
/usr/share/pixmaps/launchy_icon.png
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install launchy on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.