How To Install sddm on Fedora 34
sddm is QML based X11 desktop manager QML based X11 desktop manager
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sddm on Fedora 34.
What is sddm
SDDM is a modern display manager for X11 aiming to be fast, simple and beautiful. It uses modern technologies like QtQuick, which in turn gives the designer the ability to create smooth, animated user interfaces. sddm 0.19.0 13.fc34 x86_64 2.7 M sddm-0.19.0-13.fc34.src.rpm fedora QML based X11 desktop manager https GPLv2+ SDDM is a modern display manager for X11 aiming to be fast, simple and beautiful. It uses modern technologies like QtQuick, which in turn gives the designer the ability to create smooth, animated user interfaces.
We can use yum or dnf to install sddm on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sddm.
Install sddm 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 sddm using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install sddm
Install sddm 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 sddm using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install sddm
How To Uninstall sddm on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the sddm package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove sddm
sddm Package Contents on Fedora 34
/etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.freedesktop.DisplayManager.conf
/etc/pam.d/sddm
/etc/pam.d/sddm-autologin
/etc/pam.d/sddm-greeter
/etc/sddm
/etc/sddm.conf
/etc/sddm.conf.d
/etc/sddm/README.scripts
/etc/sddm/Xsetup
/etc/sddm/Xstop
/etc/sddm/hide-wayland-sessions
/etc/sddm/wayland-session
/etc/sysconfig/sddm
/usr/bin/sddm
/usr/bin/sddm-greeter
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/02
/usr/lib/.build-id/02/940d331d6f473375bc01f367454631840b636a
/usr/lib/.build-id/27
/usr/lib/.build-id/27/d128fbfe3e32236cc58bd43762010a5be304b7
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0/68ee5afba8169cf4151fee99081dfbcd6d7ece
/usr/lib/systemd/system/sddm.service
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/sddm.conf
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/61-sddm-plasmawayland.rules
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/SddmComponents
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/SddmComponents/Background.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/SddmComponents/Button.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/SddmComponents/Clock.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/SddmComponents/ComboBox.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/SddmComponents/ImageButton.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/SddmComponents/LayoutBox.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/SddmComponents/Menu.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/SddmComponents/PasswordBox.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/SddmComponents/PictureBox.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/SddmComponents/TextBox.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/SddmComponents/TextConstants.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/SddmComponents/qmldir
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/SddmComponents/warning.png
/usr/libexec/sddm-helper
/usr/share/doc/sddm
/usr/share/doc/sddm/CONTRIBUTORS
/usr/share/doc/sddm/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/sddm
/usr/share/licenses/sddm/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/sddm-greeter.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sddm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/sddm-state.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/sddm.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/sddm
/usr/share/sddm/faces
/usr/share/sddm/faces/.face.icon
/usr/share/sddm/faces/root.face.icon
/usr/share/sddm/flags
/usr/share/sddm/flags/ae.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/am.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/ar.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/at.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/az.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/be.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/bg.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/bh.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/br.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/by.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/ca.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/ch.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/cu.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/cz.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/de.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/dj.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/dk.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/dz.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/ee.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/eg.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/es.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/eu.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/fi.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/fr.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/gb.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/ge.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/gr.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/hr.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/hu.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/il.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/in.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/iq.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/is.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/it.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/jo.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/jp.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/km.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/kr.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/kw.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/la.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/lb.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/lt.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/lv.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/ly.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/ma.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/mk.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/mn.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/mx.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/nl.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/no.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/om.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/pl.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/ps.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/pt.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/qa.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/qc.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/ro.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/ru.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/sa.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/sd.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/se.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/si.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/sk.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/so.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/sr.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/sy.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/th.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/tn.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/tr.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/ua.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/uk.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/un.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/us.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/uy.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/vn.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/ye.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/yu.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/zz.png
/usr/share/sddm/scripts
/usr/share/sddm/scripts/README.scripts
/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsession
/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup
/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xstop
/usr/share/sddm/scripts/wayland-session
/usr/share/sddm/themes
/usr/share/sddm/translations
/usr/share/sddm/translations/ar.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/bn.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/ca.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/cs.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/da.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/de.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/es.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/et.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/eu.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/fi.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/fr.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/he.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/hi_IN.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/hu.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/ie.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/is.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/it.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/ja.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/kk.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/ko.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/lt.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/lv.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/nb.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/nl.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/nn.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/oc.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/pl.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/pt_BR.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/pt_PT.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/ro.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/ru.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/sk.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/sr.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/sr@ijekavian.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/sr@ijekavianlatin.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/sr@latin.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/sv.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/tr.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/uk.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/zh_CN.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/zh_TW.qm
/var/lib/sddm
/var/run/sddm
/etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.freedesktop.DisplayManager.conf
/etc/pam.d/sddm
/etc/pam.d/sddm-autologin
/etc/pam.d/sddm-greeter
/etc/sddm
/etc/sddm.conf
/etc/sddm.conf.d
/etc/sddm/README.scripts
/etc/sddm/Xsetup
/etc/sddm/Xstop
/etc/sddm/hide-wayland-sessions
/etc/sddm/wayland-session
/etc/sysconfig/sddm
/usr/bin/sddm
/usr/bin/sddm-greeter
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e/92bbc0b4d88a024e6df00ccb43aa3dd72ada70
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5/f8f334a5973c79b344e00a9d2ba9b42cd0e223
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef/6479f31c5c54c3c3c3ab44f6f30ac9b5b4a759
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/SddmComponents
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/SddmComponents/Background.qml
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/SddmComponents/Button.qml
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/SddmComponents/Clock.qml
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/SddmComponents/ComboBox.qml
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/SddmComponents/ImageButton.qml
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/SddmComponents/LayoutBox.qml
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/SddmComponents/Menu.qml
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/SddmComponents/PasswordBox.qml
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/SddmComponents/PictureBox.qml
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/SddmComponents/TextBox.qml
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/SddmComponents/TextConstants.qml
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/SddmComponents/qmldir
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/SddmComponents/warning.png
/usr/lib/systemd/system/sddm.service
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/sddm.conf
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/61-sddm-plasmawayland.rules
/usr/libexec/sddm-helper
/usr/share/doc/sddm
/usr/share/doc/sddm/CONTRIBUTORS
/usr/share/doc/sddm/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/sddm
/usr/share/licenses/sddm/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/sddm-greeter.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sddm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/sddm-state.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/sddm.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/sddm
/usr/share/sddm/faces
/usr/share/sddm/faces/.face.icon
/usr/share/sddm/faces/root.face.icon
/usr/share/sddm/flags
/usr/share/sddm/flags/ae.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/am.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/ar.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/at.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/az.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/be.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/bg.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/bh.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/br.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/by.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/ca.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/ch.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/cu.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/cz.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/de.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/dj.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/dk.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/dz.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/ee.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/eg.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/es.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/eu.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/fi.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/fr.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/gb.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/ge.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/gr.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/hr.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/hu.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/il.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/in.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/iq.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/is.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/it.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/jo.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/jp.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/km.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/kr.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/kw.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/la.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/lb.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/lt.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/lv.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/ly.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/ma.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/mk.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/mn.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/mx.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/nl.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/no.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/om.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/pl.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/ps.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/pt.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/qa.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/qc.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/ro.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/ru.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/sa.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/sd.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/se.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/si.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/sk.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/so.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/sr.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/sy.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/th.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/tn.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/tr.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/ua.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/uk.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/un.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/us.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/uy.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/vn.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/ye.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/yu.png
/usr/share/sddm/flags/zz.png
/usr/share/sddm/scripts
/usr/share/sddm/scripts/README.scripts
/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsession
/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup
/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xstop
/usr/share/sddm/scripts/wayland-session
/usr/share/sddm/themes
/usr/share/sddm/translations
/usr/share/sddm/translations/ar.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/bn.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/ca.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/cs.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/da.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/de.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/es.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/et.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/eu.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/fi.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/fr.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/he.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/hi_IN.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/hu.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/ie.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/is.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/it.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/ja.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/kk.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/ko.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/lt.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/lv.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/nb.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/nl.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/nn.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/oc.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/pl.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/pt_BR.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/pt_PT.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/ro.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/ru.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/sk.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/sr.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/sr@ijekavian.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/sr@ijekavianlatin.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/sr@latin.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/sv.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/tr.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/uk.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/zh_CN.qm
/usr/share/sddm/translations/zh_TW.qm
/var/lib/sddm
/var/run/sddm
References
- [sddm website](https://github.com/sddm/sddm https://github.com/sddm/sddm)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sddm on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.