How To Install appstream-generator on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install appstream-generator on Fedora 36.
What is appstream-generator
appstream-generator is a tool to generate distribution metadata from package repositories. It will extract icons, download screenshots, validate and transform the metadata, and return XML or YAML files that can be read by AppStream clients, such as software centers. It will also generate issue reports as JSON documents and HTML pages.
We can use yum or dnf to install appstream-generator on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install appstream-generator.
Install appstream-generator on Fedora 36 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install appstream-generator using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install appstream-generator
Install appstream-generator on Fedora 36 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install appstream-generator using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install appstream-generator
How To Uninstall appstream-generator on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the appstream-generator package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove appstream-generator
appstream-generator Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/bin/appstream-generator
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec/4a0ef640e7f3ec484932ca72c94ac7e80851e1
/usr/share/appstream
/usr/share/appstream/asgen-hints.json
/usr/share/appstream/hicolor-theme-index.theme
/usr/share/appstream/templates
/usr/share/appstream/templates/debian
/usr/share/appstream/templates/debian/base.html
/usr/share/appstream/templates/debian/main.html
/usr/share/appstream/templates/debian/static
/usr/share/appstream/templates/debian/static/css
/usr/share/appstream/templates/debian/static/css/highlight.css
/usr/share/appstream/templates/debian/static/css/style.css
/usr/share/appstream/templates/debian/static/img
/usr/share/appstream/templates/debian/static/js
/usr/share/appstream/templates/default
/usr/share/appstream/templates/default/base.html
/usr/share/appstream/templates/default/issues_index.html
/usr/share/appstream/templates/default/issues_page.html
/usr/share/appstream/templates/default/main.html
/usr/share/appstream/templates/default/metainfo_index.html
/usr/share/appstream/templates/default/metainfo_page.html
/usr/share/appstream/templates/default/section_page.html
/usr/share/appstream/templates/default/sections_index.html
/usr/share/appstream/templates/default/static
/usr/share/appstream/templates/default/static/css
/usr/share/appstream/templates/default/static/css/highlight.css
/usr/share/appstream/templates/default/static/css/style.css
/usr/share/appstream/templates/default/static/img
/usr/share/appstream/templates/default/static/img/asgen.png
/usr/share/appstream/templates/default/static/img/cpt-nogui.png
/usr/share/appstream/templates/default/static/img/favicon.png
/usr/share/appstream/templates/default/static/img/no-image.png
/usr/share/appstream/templates/default/static/js
/usr/share/appstream/templates/default/static/js/flot
/usr/share/appstream/templates/default/static/js/flot/jquery.flot.canvas.js
/usr/share/appstream/templates/default/static/js/flot/jquery.flot.categories.js
/usr/share/appstream/templates/default/static/js/flot/jquery.flot.crosshair.js
/usr/share/appstream/templates/default/static/js/flot/jquery.flot.errorbars.js
/usr/share/appstream/templates/default/static/js/flot/jquery.flot.fillbetween.js
/usr/share/appstream/templates/default/static/js/flot/jquery.flot.image.js
/usr/share/appstream/templates/default/static/js/flot/jquery.flot.js
/usr/share/appstream/templates/default/static/js/flot/jquery.flot.navigate.js
/usr/share/appstream/templates/default/static/js/flot/jquery.flot.pie.js
/usr/share/appstream/templates/default/static/js/flot/jquery.flot.resize.js
/usr/share/appstream/templates/default/static/js/flot/jquery.flot.selection.js
/usr/share/appstream/templates/default/static/js/flot/jquery.flot.stack.js
/usr/share/appstream/templates/default/static/js/flot/jquery.flot.symbol.js
/usr/share/appstream/templates/default/static/js/flot/jquery.flot.threshold.js
/usr/share/appstream/templates/default/static/js/flot/jquery.flot.time.js
/usr/share/appstream/templates/default/static/js/highlight
/usr/share/appstream/templates/default/static/js/highlight/highlight.pack.js
/usr/share/appstream/templates/default/static/js/highlight/highlight.pack.min.js
/usr/share/appstream/templates/default/static/js/jquery
/usr/share/appstream/templates/default/static/js/jquery/jquery.min.js
/usr/share/appstream/templates/default/static/js/jquery/jquery.slim.min.js
/usr/share/appstream/templates/ubuntu
/usr/share/doc/appstream-generator
/usr/share/doc/appstream-generator/MAINTAINERS
/usr/share/doc/appstream-generator/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/appstream-generator/README.md
/usr/share/doc/appstream-generator/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/appstream-generator
/usr/share/licenses/appstream-generator/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/appstream-generator.1.gz
/usr/share/metainfo/org.freedesktop.appstream.generator.metainfo.xml
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install appstream-generator on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).
