How To Install netsurf on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install netsurf on Fedora 34.
What is netsurf
NetSurf is a compact graphical web browser which aims for HTML5, CSS and JavaScript support. This package ships the version with GTK3 frontend that most users will want to use.
We can use yum or dnf to install netsurf on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install netsurf.
Install netsurf 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 netsurf using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install netsurf
Install netsurf 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 netsurf using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install netsurf
How To Uninstall netsurf on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the netsurf package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove netsurf
netsurf Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/netsurf-gtk3
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/07
/usr/lib/.build-id/07/a6b5ef44b4c43410c89d7a6d770a39b07229c1
/usr/share/applications/netsurf-gtk.desktop
/usr/share/netsurf
/usr/share/netsurf/Messages
/usr/share/netsurf/SearchEngines
/usr/share/netsurf/adblock.css
/usr/share/netsurf/arrow_down_8x32.png
/usr/share/netsurf/ca-bundle.txt
/usr/share/netsurf/cookies.gtk3.ui
/usr/share/netsurf/credits.html
/usr/share/netsurf/de
/usr/share/netsurf/de/Messages
/usr/share/netsurf/de/welcome.html
/usr/share/netsurf/default.css
/usr/share/netsurf/default.ico
/usr/share/netsurf/downloads.gtk3.ui
/usr/share/netsurf/en
/usr/share/netsurf/en/Messages
/usr/share/netsurf/en/credits.html
/usr/share/netsurf/en/licence.html
/usr/share/netsurf/en/maps.html
/usr/share/netsurf/en/welcome.html
/usr/share/netsurf/favicon.png
/usr/share/netsurf/fr
/usr/share/netsurf/fr/Messages
/usr/share/netsurf/globalhistory.gtk3.ui
/usr/share/netsurf/hotlist.gtk3.ui
/usr/share/netsurf/icons
/usr/share/netsurf/icons/arrow-l.png
/usr/share/netsurf/icons/content.png
/usr/share/netsurf/icons/directory.png
/usr/share/netsurf/icons/directory2.png
/usr/share/netsurf/icons/hotlist-add.png
/usr/share/netsurf/icons/hotlist-rmv.png
/usr/share/netsurf/icons/search.png
/usr/share/netsurf/internal.css
/usr/share/netsurf/it
/usr/share/netsurf/it/Messages
/usr/share/netsurf/it/credits.html
/usr/share/netsurf/it/licence.html
/usr/share/netsurf/it/welcome.html
/usr/share/netsurf/ja
/usr/share/netsurf/ja/welcome.html
/usr/share/netsurf/languages
/usr/share/netsurf/licence.html
/usr/share/netsurf/localhistory.gtk3.ui
/usr/share/netsurf/login.gtk3.ui
/usr/share/netsurf/maps.html
/usr/share/netsurf/netsurf-16x16.xpm
/usr/share/netsurf/netsurf.gtk3.ui
/usr/share/netsurf/netsurf.png
/usr/share/netsurf/netsurf.xpm
/usr/share/netsurf/nl
/usr/share/netsurf/nl/Messages
/usr/share/netsurf/nl/credits.html
/usr/share/netsurf/nl/licence.html
/usr/share/netsurf/nl/welcome.html
/usr/share/netsurf/options.gtk3.ui
/usr/share/netsurf/password.gtk3.ui
/usr/share/netsurf/quirks.css
/usr/share/netsurf/ssl.gtk3.ui
/usr/share/netsurf/tabcontents.gtk3.ui
/usr/share/netsurf/throbber
/usr/share/netsurf/throbber/throbber0.png
/usr/share/netsurf/throbber/throbber1.png
/usr/share/netsurf/throbber/throbber2.png
/usr/share/netsurf/throbber/throbber3.png
/usr/share/netsurf/throbber/throbber4.png
/usr/share/netsurf/throbber/throbber5.png
/usr/share/netsurf/throbber/throbber6.png
/usr/share/netsurf/throbber/throbber7.png
/usr/share/netsurf/throbber/throbber8.png
/usr/share/netsurf/toolbar.gtk3.ui
/usr/share/netsurf/viewdata.gtk3.ui
/usr/share/netsurf/warning.gtk3.ui
/usr/share/netsurf/welcome.html
/usr/share/pixmaps/netsurf.xpm
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install netsurf on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.