How To Install libwnck on Fedora 34

libwnck is Window Navigator Construction Kit Window Navigator Construction Kit

Introduction

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

What is `libwnck`

libwnck (pronounced “libwink”) is used to implement pagers, tasklists, and other such things. It allows applications to monitor information about open windows, workspaces, their names/icons, and so forth. libwnck 2.31.0 16.fc34 x86_64 361 k libwnck-2.31.0-16.fc34.src.rpm fedora Window Navigator Construction Kit http LGPLv2+ libwnck (pronounced “libwink”) is used to implement pagers, tasklists, and other such things. It allows applications to monitor information about open windows, workspaces, their names/icons, and so forth.

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

Install libwnck 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 libwnck using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libwnck

Install libwnck 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 libwnck using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libwnck

How To Uninstall libwnck on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libwnck

libwnck Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e/810dcd9a5dd7a4f4c20724d360cc2ff1af72d7
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/Wnck-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib/libwnck-1.so.22
/usr/lib/libwnck-1.so.22.4.0
/usr/share/doc/libwnck
/usr/share/doc/libwnck/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libwnck/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libwnck/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libwnck/README
/usr/share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/be@latin/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/br/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/crh/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/dz/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@shaw/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/ky/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/li/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/mai/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/mi/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/mn/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/rw/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/wa/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/xh/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7/0c2309540d9a3b5e4f81776f59c5b08b89e167
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/Wnck-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/libwnck-1.so.22
/usr/lib64/libwnck-1.so.22.4.0
/usr/share/doc/libwnck
/usr/share/doc/libwnck/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libwnck/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libwnck/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libwnck/README
/usr/share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/be@latin/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/br/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/crh/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/dz/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@shaw/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/ky/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/li/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/mai/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/mi/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/mn/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/rw/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/wa/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/xh/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck.mo

References

[libwnck website](http://download.gnome.org/sources/libwnck/ http://download.gnome.org/sources/libwnck/)

Summary

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