How To Install xrefresh on Fedora 34

xrefresh is Refresh all or part of an X screen

Introduction

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

What is xrefresh

xrefresh is a simple X program that causes all or part of your screen to be repainted.

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

Install xrefresh 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 xrefresh using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xrefresh

Install xrefresh 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 xrefresh using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xrefresh

How To Uninstall xrefresh on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove xrefresh

xrefresh Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/xrefresh
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/94
/usr/lib/.build-id/94/24a55050e23a9923ba3af95343b273df1c0084
/usr/share/doc/xrefresh
/usr/share/doc/xrefresh/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/xrefresh/README
/usr/share/licenses/xrefresh
/usr/share/licenses/xrefresh/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/xrefresh.1.gz
/usr/bin/xrefresh
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5/c82ea07f56550bf045bce2e8327656ab028956
/usr/share/licenses/xrefresh
/usr/share/licenses/xrefresh/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/xrefresh.1.gz

References

Summary

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