How To Install xrandr on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xrandr
on Fedora 34.
What is xrandr
xrandr is a commandline utility to set the size, orientation and/or reflection of the outputs for an X screen. It can also set the screen size and turn outputs on and off..
We can use yum
or dnf
to install xrandr
on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xrandr.
Install xrandr 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 xrandr
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xrandr
Install xrandr 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 xrandr
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xrandr
How To Uninstall xrandr on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the xrandr
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xrandr
xrandr Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/xrandr
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8/220317e18f3682edd1c9d4dc45a4a5ed033080
/usr/share/licenses/xrandr
/usr/share/licenses/xrandr/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/xrandr.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xrandr
on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.