How To Install libfm on Fedora 34

libfm is GIO-based library for file manager-like programs GIO-based library for file manager-like programs

Introduction

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

What is `libfm`

LibFM is a GIO-based library used to develop file manager-like programs. It is developed as the core of next generation PCManFM and takes care of all file- related operations such as copy & paste, drag & drop, file associations or thumbnails support. By utilizing glib/gio and gvfs, libfm can access remote file systems supported by gvfs. This package contains the generic non-gui functions of libfm. libfm 1.3.2 1.fc34 x86_64 473 k libfm-1.3.2-1.fc34.src.rpm fedora GIO-based library for file manager-like programs http GPLv2+ LibFM is a GIO-based library used to develop file manager-like programs. It is developed as the core of next generation PCManFM and takes care of all file- related operations such as copy & paste, drag & drop, file associations or thumbnails support. By utilizing glib/gio and gvfs, libfm can access remote file systems supported by gvfs. This package contains the generic non-gui functions of libfm.

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

Install libfm 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 libfm using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libfm

Install libfm 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 libfm using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libfm

How To Uninstall libfm on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libfm

libfm Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/xdg/libfm
/etc/xdg/libfm/libfm.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/06
/usr/lib/.build-id/06/31acdbaf56d9dcb53288fb15a25389bdba9ab2
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6/a378cf0f58bb97254e0d9c4d3bf25ae1adf380
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca/df65202db454f219d37ab201e8b3696563c637
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8/b2b00bb41a7aa6579c04c05516c0b0120af9d5
/usr/lib/libfm
/usr/lib/libfm-extra.so.4
/usr/lib/libfm-extra.so.4.1.3
/usr/lib/libfm.so.4
/usr/lib/libfm.so.4.1.3
/usr/lib/libfm/modules
/usr/lib/libfm/modules/vfs-menu.so
/usr/lib/libfm/modules/vfs-search.so
/usr/share/doc/libfm
/usr/share/doc/libfm/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libfm/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libfm/README
/usr/share/libfm
/usr/share/libfm/archivers.list
/usr/share/libfm/images
/usr/share/libfm/images/folder.png
/usr/share/libfm/images/unknown.png
/usr/share/libfm/terminals.list
/usr/share/libfm/ui
/usr/share/libfm/ui/app-chooser.ui
/usr/share/libfm/ui/ask-rename.ui
/usr/share/libfm/ui/choose-icon.ui
/usr/share/libfm/ui/exec-file.ui
/usr/share/libfm/ui/file-prop.ui
/usr/share/libfm/ui/filesearch.ui
/usr/share/libfm/ui/preferred-apps.ui
/usr/share/libfm/ui/progress.ui
/usr/share/licenses/libfm
/usr/share/licenses/libfm/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fo/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/lg/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ps/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/tt_RU/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur_PK/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/mime/packages/libfm.xml
/etc/xdg/libfm
/etc/xdg/libfm/libfm.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/42
/usr/lib/.build-id/42/91e54f0ffa53607732dae9a0b7fc8db4789622
/usr/lib/.build-id/66
/usr/lib/.build-id/66/8f6221ca0b613c8de213360e588e2191693b62
/usr/lib/.build-id/74
/usr/lib/.build-id/74/2a9db58a7f771e329735f0506519c3e88181ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/93
/usr/lib/.build-id/93/1bdc822f1fdead7d03195ff99b3f2f47a8ab98
/usr/lib64/libfm
/usr/lib64/libfm-extra.so.4
/usr/lib64/libfm-extra.so.4.1.3
/usr/lib64/libfm.so.4
/usr/lib64/libfm.so.4.1.3
/usr/lib64/libfm/modules
/usr/lib64/libfm/modules/vfs-menu.so
/usr/lib64/libfm/modules/vfs-search.so
/usr/share/doc/libfm
/usr/share/doc/libfm/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libfm/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libfm/README
/usr/share/libfm
/usr/share/libfm/archivers.list
/usr/share/libfm/images
/usr/share/libfm/images/folder.png
/usr/share/libfm/images/unknown.png
/usr/share/libfm/terminals.list
/usr/share/libfm/ui
/usr/share/libfm/ui/app-chooser.ui
/usr/share/libfm/ui/ask-rename.ui
/usr/share/libfm/ui/choose-icon.ui
/usr/share/libfm/ui/exec-file.ui
/usr/share/libfm/ui/file-prop.ui
/usr/share/libfm/ui/filesearch.ui
/usr/share/libfm/ui/preferred-apps.ui
/usr/share/libfm/ui/progress.ui
/usr/share/licenses/libfm
/usr/share/licenses/libfm/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fo/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/lg/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ps/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/tt_RU/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur_PK/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/mime/packages/libfm.xml

References

[libfm website](http://pcmanfm.sourceforge.net/ http://pcmanfm.sourceforge.net/)

Summary

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