How To Install newsflash on Fedora 34

newsflash is Modern feed reader

Introduction

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

What is newsflash

A modern feed reader designed for the GNOME desktop. NewsFlash is a program designed to complement an already existing web-based RSS reader account. It combines all the advantages of web based services like syncing across all your devices with everything you expect from a modern desktop program Desktop notifications, fast search and filtering, tagging, handy keyboard shortcuts and having access to all your articles as long as you like.

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

Install newsflash 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 newsflash using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install newsflash

Install newsflash 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 newsflash using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install newsflash

How To Uninstall newsflash on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove newsflash

newsflash Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/com.gitlab.newsflash
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/13
/usr/lib/.build-id/13/6c9baed16b47a0052f974a3b748ae09fb586ad
/usr/share/applications/com.gitlab.newsflash.desktop
/usr/share/doc/newsflash
/usr/share/doc/newsflash/README.md
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/com.gitlab.newsflash.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/symbolic/apps/com.gitlab.newsflash-symbolic.svg
/usr/share/licenses/newsflash
/usr/share/licenses/newsflash/LICENSE
/usr/share/metainfo/com.gitlab.newsflash.appdata.xml
/usr/bin/com.gitlab.newsflash
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/94
/usr/lib/.build-id/94/0aed036fcbf5ae60381d5a208ad2a24c3097b8
/usr/share/applications/com.gitlab.newsflash.desktop
/usr/share/doc/newsflash
/usr/share/doc/newsflash/README.md
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/com.gitlab.newsflash.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/symbolic/apps/com.gitlab.newsflash-symbolic.svg
/usr/share/licenses/newsflash
/usr/share/licenses/newsflash/LICENSE
/usr/share/metainfo/com.gitlab.newsflash.appdata.xml

References

Summary

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