How To Install gnome-kiosk on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-kiosk in Fedora 36. gnome-kiosk is Window management and application launching for GNOME

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-kiosk on Fedora 36.

What is `gnome-kiosk`

GNOME Kiosk provides a desktop enviroment suitable for fixed purpose, or single application deployments like wall displays and point-of-sale systems.

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

Install gnome-kiosk 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 gnome-kiosk using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gnome-kiosk

Install gnome-kiosk 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 gnome-kiosk using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gnome-kiosk

How To Uninstall gnome-kiosk on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the gnome-kiosk package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gnome-kiosk

gnome-kiosk Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/gnome-kiosk
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c/4a2e432e24289e04d325e64cd6b8ea9675191c
/usr/lib/systemd/user/org.gnome.Kiosk.target
/usr/lib/systemd/user/[email protected]
/usr/lib/systemd/user/[email protected]
/usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Kiosk.desktop
/usr/share/doc/gnome-kiosk
/usr/share/doc/gnome-kiosk/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/gnome-kiosk
/usr/share/licenses/gnome-kiosk/COPYING

References

gnome-kiosk website

Summary

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