How To Install xssstate on Fedora 34

xssstate is A simple tool to retrieve the X screen saver state

Introduction

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

What is xssstate

A simple tool to retrieve the X screen saver state.

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

Install xssstate 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 xssstate using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xssstate

Install xssstate 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 xssstate using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xssstate

How To Uninstall xssstate on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove xssstate

xssstate Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/xssstate
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b/880975a5faa2aeaebc0e2a4cb0f22d156e22d7
/usr/share/doc/xssstate
/usr/share/doc/xssstate/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/xssstate/README
/usr/share/doc/xssstate/xsidle.sh
/usr/share/man/man1/xssstate.1.gz

References

Summary

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