How To Install desktopfolder on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install desktopfolder in Fedora 36. desktopfolder is Bring your desktop back to life

Introduction

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

What is desktopfolder

Organize your desktop with panels that hold your things. - Access files, folders and apps from your desktop - Drop files, folders, links and .desktop launchers inside panels - Resize, position and color panels - Display photos and keep notes on your desktop - Reveal the desktop with ⌘-D Open it like any other app after installing. Desktop Folder will launch automatically when you next log in.

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

Install desktopfolder 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 desktopfolder using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install desktopfolder

Install desktopfolder 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 desktopfolder using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install desktopfolder

How To Uninstall desktopfolder on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove desktopfolder

desktopfolder Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/xdg/autostart/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder-autostart.desktop
/usr/bin/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee/e062fb2bf47b3aadb4f2bf0cd57dab37222d03
/usr/share/applications/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.desktop
/usr/share/doc/desktopfolder
/usr/share/doc/desktopfolder/AUTHORS.md
/usr/share/doc/desktopfolder/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
/usr/share/doc/desktopfolder/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/desktopfolder/README.md
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.gschema.xml
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.svg
/usr/share/licenses/desktopfolder
/usr/share/licenses/desktopfolder/LICENSE
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.mo
/usr/share/locale/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr_FR/LC_MESSAGES/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms_MY/LC_MESSAGES/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl_NL/LC_MESSAGES/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_PT/LC_MESSAGES/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro_RO/LC_MESSAGES/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.mo
/usr/share/metainfo/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.appdata.xml

References

Summary

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