How To Install xfdesktop on Fedora 34
xfdesktop is Desktop manager for the Xfce Desktop Environment
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfdesktop on Fedora 34.
What is xfdesktop
This package includes a desktop manager for the Xfce Desktop Environment.
We can use yum or dnf to install xfdesktop on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xfdesktop.
Install xfdesktop 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 xfdesktop using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xfdesktop
Install xfdesktop 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 xfdesktop using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xfdesktop
How To Uninstall xfdesktop on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the xfdesktop package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xfdesktop
xfdesktop Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/xfdesktop
/usr/bin/xfdesktop-settings
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c/f611241bc13fb54c14c874fa87edc932861b3e
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8/05abfbdfa440453dddf9376dfd4a85cd7e9aab
/usr/share/applications/xfce-backdrop-settings.desktop
/usr/share/backgrounds/xfce
/usr/share/backgrounds/xfce/xfce-blue.jpg
/usr/share/backgrounds/xfce/xfce-stripes.png
/usr/share/backgrounds/xfce/xfce-teal.jpg
/usr/share/backgrounds/xfce/xfce-verticals.png
/usr/share/doc/xfdesktop
/usr/share/doc/xfdesktop/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/xfdesktop/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/xfdesktop/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/xfdesktop/TODO
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/org.xfce.xfdesktop.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/org.xfce.xfdesktop.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/org.xfce.xfdesktop.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/org.xfce.xfdesktop.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/org.xfce.xfdesktop.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/org.xfce.xfdesktop.svg
/usr/share/licenses/xfdesktop
/usr/share/licenses/xfdesktop/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/be@tarask/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_AU/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa_IR/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy_AM/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/hye/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ie/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur_PK/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/uz/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/xfdesktop.1.gz
/usr/share/pixmaps/xfce4_xicon.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/xfce4_xicon1.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/xfce4_xicon2.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/xfce4_xicon3.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/xfce4_xicon4.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/xfdesktop
/usr/share/pixmaps/xfdesktop/xfdesktop-fallback-icon.png
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfdesktop on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.