How To Install xdesktopwaves on Fedora 34

xdesktopwaves is Simulation of water waves on the X Window System desktop

Introduction

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

What is `xdesktopwaves`

xdesktopwaves is a cellular automata setting the background of your X Window System desktop under water. Windows and mouse are like ships on the sea. Each movement of these ends up in moving water waves. You can even have rain and/or storm stirring up the water.

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

Install xdesktopwaves 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 xdesktopwaves using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xdesktopwaves

Install xdesktopwaves 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 xdesktopwaves using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xdesktopwaves

How To Uninstall xdesktopwaves on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove xdesktopwaves

xdesktopwaves Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/xdesktopwaves
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/70
/usr/lib/.build-id/70/bf9c3a6873488b3d8daacbf39cf9388c4fe8ac
/usr/share/applications/xdesktopwaves.desktop
/usr/share/doc/xdesktopwaves
/usr/share/doc/xdesktopwaves/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/xdesktopwaves/README
/usr/share/man/man1/xdesktopwaves.1.gz
/usr/share/pixmaps/xdesktopwaves.xpm

References

xdesktopwaves website

Summary

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