How To Install elementary-greeter on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install elementary-greeter in Fedora 36. elementary-greeter is LightDM Login Screen for the elementary desktop

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install elementary-greeter on Fedora 36.

What is `elementary-greeter`

The elementary Greeter is a styled Login Screen for LightDM.

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

Install elementary-greeter 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 elementary-greeter using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install elementary-greeter

Install elementary-greeter 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 elementary-greeter using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install elementary-greeter

How To Uninstall elementary-greeter on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the elementary-greeter package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove elementary-greeter

elementary-greeter Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/lightdm/io.elementary.greeter.conf
/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/40-io.elementary.greeter.conf
/usr/bin/io.elementary.greeter-compositor
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/56
/usr/lib/.build-id/56/eece2696e06990c3b098031e0e270510a765b2
/usr/lib/.build-id/90
/usr/lib/.build-id/90/ad60255a9094aa06f215fe338dd730cbfb4641
/usr/sbin/io.elementary.greeter
/usr/share/doc/elementary-greeter
/usr/share/doc/elementary-greeter/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/elementary-greeter
/usr/share/licenses/elementary-greeter/LICENSE
/usr/share/locale/aa/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/ab/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/ace/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/ae/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/ak/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/an/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/av/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/ay/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/ba/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/bh/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/bi/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/bm/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/bo/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/br/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/ce/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/ch/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/ckb/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/co/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/cr/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/cu/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/cv/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/dv/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/dz/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/ee/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_AU/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/ff/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/fil/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/fj/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/fo/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr_CA/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/fy/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/gd/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/gn/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/gv/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/ha/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/ho/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/ht/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/hz/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/ia/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/ie/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/ig/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/ii/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/ik/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/io/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/iu/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/jv/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/kg/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/ki/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
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/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/kl/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/km/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/kr/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/ks/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/kv/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/kw/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/ky/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/la/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/lb/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/lg/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/li/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/ln/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/lo/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/lu/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/mg/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/mh/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/mi/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/mn/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/mo/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/mt/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/my/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/na/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/nd/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/ng/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/no/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/nr/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/nv/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/ny/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/oj/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/om/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/os/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/pi/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/ps/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
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/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
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/usr/share/locale/szl/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
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/usr/share/locale/to/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/ts/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
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/usr/share/locale/tw/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
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/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/uz/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
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/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/vo/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/wa/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/wo/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/xh/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/yi/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/yo/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/za/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/locale/zu/LC_MESSAGES/io.elementary.greeter.mo
/usr/share/metainfo/io.elementary.greeter.appdata.xml
/usr/share/xgreeters/io.elementary.greeter.desktop

References

elementary-greeter website

Summary

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