How To Install xprop on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xprop on Fedora 34.
What is xprop
The xprop utility is for displaying window and font properties in an X server.
We can use yum or dnf to install xprop on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xprop.
Install xprop 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 xprop using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xprop
Install xprop 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 xprop using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xprop
How To Uninstall xprop on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the xprop package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xprop
xprop Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/xprop
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd/041cfcba0a91206918c5c367f2e38955f660d2
/usr/share/doc/xprop
/usr/share/doc/xprop/README
/usr/share/licenses/xprop
/usr/share/licenses/xprop/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/xprop.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xprop on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.