How To Install dunst on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install dunst in Fedora 36. dunst is Lightweight and customizable notification-daemon

Introduction

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

What is dunst

Dunst is a lightweight replacement for the notification daemons provided by most desktop environments. It’s very customizable, isn’t dependent on any toolkits, and therefore fits into those window manager centric setups we all love to customize to perfection.

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

Install dunst 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 dunst using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dunst

Install dunst 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 dunst using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dunst

How To Uninstall dunst on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove dunst

dunst Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/xdg/dunst
/etc/xdg/dunst/dunstrc
/etc/xdg/dunst/dunstrc.d
/usr/bin/dunst
/usr/bin/dunstctl
/usr/bin/dunstify
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9/8f6e853be5003f1f4ad0f06f669b0cef84c350
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8/d5cdc1d613eaccc7d86c49a24d3eb48be3081d
/usr/lib/systemd/user/dunst.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.knopwob.dunst.service
/usr/share/doc/dunst
/usr/share/doc/dunst/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/dunst/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/dunst/README.md
/usr/share/doc/dunst/RELEASE_NOTES
/usr/share/licenses/dunst
/usr/share/licenses/dunst/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/dunst.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dunstctl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/dunst.5.gz

References

Summary

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