How To Install xbar on Fedora 34

xbar is Tiny XCB information bar

Introduction

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

What is `xbar`

xbar is a tiny XCB status bar. An incredibly lightweight information bar, designed to print important real-time system metrics. Beyond foreground and background colors, xbar offers limited customization for a distraction-free user experience.

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

Install xbar 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 xbar using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xbar

Install xbar 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 xbar using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xbar

How To Uninstall xbar on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove xbar

xbar Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/xbar
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/52
/usr/lib/.build-id/52/ae99ca01594edaaad32b737cfb8e5e488459a8
/usr/share/doc/xbar
/usr/share/doc/xbar/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/xbar/README
/usr/share/licenses/xbar
/usr/share/licenses/xbar/LICENSE

References

xbar website

Summary

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