How To Install xarchiver on Fedora 34
xarchiver is Archive manager for Xfce
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xarchiver on Fedora 34.
What is xarchiver
Xarchiver is a lightweight GTK frontend for manipulating 7z, arj, bzip2, gzip, iso, rar, lha, tar, zip, RPM and deb files. It allows you to create archives and add, extract, and delete files from them. Password protected archives in the arj, 7z, rar, and zip formats are supported.
We can use yum or dnf to install xarchiver on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xarchiver.
Install xarchiver 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 xarchiver using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xarchiver
Install xarchiver 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 xarchiver using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xarchiver
How To Uninstall xarchiver on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the xarchiver package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xarchiver
xarchiver Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/xarchiver
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/31
/usr/lib/.build-id/31/0b7695edba53cc738ff1da8a46d690fb8265e0
/usr/libexec/thunar-archive-plugin
/usr/libexec/thunar-archive-plugin/xarchiver.tap
/usr/share/applications/xarchiver.desktop
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/README
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/ch01.html
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/ch01s01.html
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/ch01s02.html
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/ch01s03.html
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/ch02.html
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/ch02s01.html
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/ch02s02.html
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/ch03.html
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/ch03s01.html
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/ch03s02.html
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/ch03s03.html
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/ch03s04.html
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/ch04.html
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/ch04s01.html
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/ch04s02.html
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/ch04s03.html
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/ch04s04.html
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/ch04s05.html
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/ch04s06.html
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/images
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/images/add_dialog.png
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/images/archive_comment_dialog.png
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/images/archive_properties.png
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/images/extract_dialog.png
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/images/multi_extract_dialog.png
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/images/new_dialog.png
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/images/password_dialog.png
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/images/pref_dialog.png
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/index.html
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/xarchiver.css
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/xarchiver.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/xarchiver.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/xarchiver.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/xarchiver.svg
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/dz/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_PT/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/xarchiver.1.gz
/usr/share/pixmaps/xarchiver
/usr/share/pixmaps/xarchiver/xarchiver-add.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/xarchiver/xarchiver-close.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/xarchiver/xarchiver-extract.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/xarchiver/xarchiver-html.png
/usr/bin/xarchiver
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d/f48359742001ef49c8c51a5818d6dfb18fa0dc
/usr/libexec/thunar-archive-plugin
/usr/libexec/thunar-archive-plugin/xarchiver.tap
/usr/share/applications/xarchiver.desktop
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/README
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/ch01.html
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/ch01s01.html
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/ch01s02.html
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/ch01s03.html
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/ch02.html
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/ch02s01.html
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/ch02s02.html
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/ch03.html
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/ch03s01.html
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/ch03s02.html
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/ch03s03.html
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/ch03s04.html
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/ch04.html
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/ch04s01.html
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/ch04s02.html
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/ch04s03.html
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/ch04s04.html
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/ch04s05.html
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/ch04s06.html
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/images
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/images/add_dialog.png
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/images/archive_comment_dialog.png
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/images/archive_properties.png
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/images/extract_dialog.png
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/images/multi_extract_dialog.png
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/images/new_dialog.png
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/images/password_dialog.png
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/images/pref_dialog.png
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/index.html
/usr/share/doc/xarchiver/xarchiver.css
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/xarchiver.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/xarchiver.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/xarchiver.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/xarchiver.svg
/usr/share/licenses/xarchiver
/usr/share/licenses/xarchiver/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/dz/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_PT/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/xarchiver.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/xarchiver.1.gz
/usr/share/pixmaps/xarchiver
/usr/share/pixmaps/xarchiver/xarchiver-add.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/xarchiver/xarchiver-close.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/xarchiver/xarchiver-extract.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/xarchiver/xarchiver-green.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/xarchiver/xarchiver-html.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/xarchiver/xarchiver-red.png
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xarchiver on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.