How To Install lxrandr on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxrandr on Fedora 34.
What is lxrandr
LXRandR is a simple monitor configuration tool utilizing X RandR extension. It’s a GUI frontend of the command line program xrandr and manages screen resolution and external monitors. When you run LXRandR with an external monitor or projector connected, its GUI will change and show you some options to quickly configure the external device. LXRandR is the standard screen manager of LXDE, the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment, but can be used in other desktop environments as well.
We can use yum or dnf to install lxrandr on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lxrandr.
Install lxrandr 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 lxrandr using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install lxrandr
Install lxrandr 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 lxrandr using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install lxrandr
How To Uninstall lxrandr on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the lxrandr package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove lxrandr
lxrandr Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/lxrandr
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc/988e30dae48fc8d02c6f7ce640d38ec0632d0b
/usr/share/applications/lxrandr.desktop
/usr/share/doc/lxrandr
/usr/share/doc/lxrandr/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/lxrandr/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/fo/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/frp/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/lg/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ps/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/tt_RU/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur_PK/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/lxrandr.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/lxrandr.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxrandr on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.
