How To Install contractor on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install contractor in Fedora 36. contractor is Desktop-wide extension service

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install contractor on Fedora 36.

What is `contractor`

An extension service that allows apps to use the exposed functionality of registered apps. This way, apps don’t have to have the functions hard coded into them.

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

Install contractor 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 contractor using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install contractor

Install contractor 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 contractor using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install contractor

How To Uninstall contractor on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove contractor

contractor Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/contractor
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/77
/usr/lib/.build-id/77/da23d55719f1948bb4d10f586d693e56215feb
/usr/share/contractor
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.elementary.contractor.service
/usr/share/doc/contractor
/usr/share/doc/contractor/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/contractor
/usr/share/licenses/contractor/COPYING

References

contractor website

Summary

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