How To Install nheko on Fedora 34

nheko is Desktop client for the Matrix protocol

Introduction

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

What is nheko

The motivation behind the project is to provide a native desktop app for Matrix that feels more like a mainstream chat app.

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

Install nheko 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 nheko using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nheko

Install nheko 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 nheko using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nheko

How To Uninstall nheko on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove nheko

nheko Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/nheko
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d/7c934ca6d35d09f021be7f9a9caec0bcf1d09f
/usr/share/applications/nheko.desktop
/usr/share/doc/nheko
/usr/share/doc/nheko/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/nheko/README.md
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/nheko.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/nheko.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/nheko.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/nheko.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/nheko.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/nheko.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/nheko.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/nheko.svg
/usr/share/licenses/nheko
/usr/share/licenses/nheko/COPYING
/usr/share/metainfo/nheko.appdata.xml
/usr/bin/nheko
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/82
/usr/lib/.build-id/82/6bfb60d5a969110430b9138df18b60ed4e04e3
/usr/share/applications/nheko.desktop
/usr/share/doc/nheko
/usr/share/doc/nheko/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/nheko/README.md
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/nheko.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/nheko.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/nheko.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/nheko.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/nheko.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/nheko.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/nheko.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/nheko.svg
/usr/share/licenses/nheko
/usr/share/licenses/nheko/COPYING
/usr/share/metainfo/nheko.appdata.xml

References

Summary

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