How To Install gnome-session-wayland-session on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-session-wayland-session in Fedora 36. gnome-session-wayland-session is Desktop file for wayland based gnome session

Introduction

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

What is gnome-session-wayland-session

Desktop file to add GNOME on wayland to display manager session menu.

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

Install gnome-session-wayland-session 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-session-wayland-session using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gnome-session-wayland-session

Install gnome-session-wayland-session 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-session-wayland-session using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gnome-session-wayland-session

How To Uninstall gnome-session-wayland-session on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove gnome-session-wayland-session

gnome-session-wayland-session Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/wayland-sessions/gnome-wayland.desktop
/usr/share/wayland-sessions/gnome.desktop

References

Summary

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