How To Install xscreensaver on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xscreensaver on Fedora 34.
What is xscreensaver
A modular screen saver and locker for the X Window System. More than 200 display modes are included in this package. This is a metapackage for installing all default packages related to XScreenSaver.
We can use yum or dnf to install xscreensaver on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xscreensaver.
Install xscreensaver 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 xscreensaver using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xscreensaver
Install xscreensaver 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 xscreensaver using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xscreensaver
How To Uninstall xscreensaver on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the xscreensaver package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xscreensaver
xscreensaver Package Contents on Fedora 34
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xscreensaver on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.
