How To Install st on Fedora 34

st is A simple terminal implementation for X

Introduction

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

What is st

A simple virtual terminal emulator for X which sucks less.

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

Install st 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 st using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install st

Install st 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 st using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install st

How To Uninstall st on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove st

st Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/st
/usr/bin/st-fedora
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7/b9dbcdbe537f7d6b92091859a7ffc06de8cdbe
/usr/share/applications/st.desktop
/usr/share/doc/st
/usr/share/doc/st/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/st/LEGACY
/usr/share/doc/st/README
/usr/share/doc/st/TODO
/usr/share/doc/st/st.info
/usr/share/licenses/st
/usr/share/licenses/st/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/st.1.gz

References

Summary

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