How To Install bamf-daemon on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install bamf-daemon in Fedora 36. bamf-daemon is Application matching framework

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bamf-daemon on Fedora 36.

What is `bamf-daemon`

BAMF removes the headache of applications matching into a simple DBus daemon and C wrapper library. Currently features application matching at amazing levels of accuracy (covering nearly every corner case). This package contains the bamf daemon and supporting data.

We can use yum or dnf to install bamf-daemon on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bamf-daemon.

Install bamf-daemon 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 bamf-daemon using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bamf-daemon

Install bamf-daemon 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 bamf-daemon using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bamf-daemon

How To Uninstall bamf-daemon on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the bamf-daemon package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove bamf-daemon

bamf-daemon Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f/1b26a9fd9809a86fdbd189907f66883b623f20
/usr/lib/systemd/user/bamfdaemon.service
/usr/libexec/bamf
/usr/libexec/bamf/bamfdaemon
/usr/libexec/bamf/bamfdaemon-dbus-runner
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.ayatana.bamf.service
/usr/share/doc/bamf-daemon
/usr/share/doc/bamf-daemon/COPYING

References

bamf-daemon website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bamf-daemon on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).