How To Install libindicator on Fedora 34

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Introduction

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

What is libindicator

A set of symbols and convenience functions that all Ayatana indicators are likely to use. libindicator 12.10.1 20.fc34 x86_64 67 k libindicator-12.10.1-20.fc34.src.rpm fedora Shared functions for Ayatana indicators https GPLv3 A set of symbols and convenience functions that all Ayatana indicators are likely to use.

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

Install libindicator 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 libindicator using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libindicator

Install libindicator 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 libindicator using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libindicator

How To Uninstall libindicator on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libindicator

libindicator Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/05
/usr/lib/.build-id/05/9b31afbff7afca7e3b9f731d0374ba93a68d45
/usr/lib64/indicators
/usr/lib64/indicators/7
/usr/lib64/libindicator.so.7
/usr/lib64/libindicator.so.7.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libindicator
/usr/share/doc/libindicator/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libindicator/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libindicator/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libindicator/NEWS
/usr/share/libindicator
/usr/share/libindicator/icons
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2/9c2483af071adff76967f4ad67e005d71cf8ae
/usr/lib/indicators
/usr/lib/indicators/7
/usr/lib/libindicator.so.7
/usr/lib/libindicator.so.7.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libindicator
/usr/share/doc/libindicator/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libindicator/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libindicator/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libindicator/NEWS
/usr/share/libindicator
/usr/share/libindicator/icons

References

Summary

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