How To Install dex-autostart on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install dex-autostart in Fedora 36. dex-autostart is Generate and execute DesktopEntry files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dex-autostart on Fedora 36.

What is `dex-autostart`

dex-autostart, DesktopEntry Execution, is a program to generate and execute DesktopEntry files of the Application type.

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

Install dex-autostart 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 dex-autostart using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dex-autostart

Install dex-autostart 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 dex-autostart using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dex-autostart

How To Uninstall dex-autostart on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the dex-autostart package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dex-autostart

dex-autostart Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/dex-autostart
/usr/share/doc/dex-autostart
/usr/share/doc/dex-autostart/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/dex-autostart
/usr/share/licenses/dex-autostart/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/dex-autostart.1.gz

References

dex-autostart website

Summary

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