How To Install nodm on Fedora 34

nodm is A display manager automatically starting an X session

Introduction

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

What is nodm

An automatic display manager which automatically starts an X session at system boot. It is meant for devices like smartphones, but can be used on a regular computer as well, if the security implications are acceptable.

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

Install nodm 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 nodm using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nodm

Install nodm 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 nodm using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nodm

How To Uninstall nodm on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove nodm

nodm Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/nodm.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b/241eb0185906b572dd1b241067e5159d730fa9
/usr/lib/systemd/system/nodm.service
/usr/sbin/nodm
/usr/share/doc/nodm
/usr/share/doc/nodm/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/nodm/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/nodm
/usr/share/licenses/nodm/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/nodm.8.gz

References

Summary

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