How To Install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator in Fedora 36. gnome-shell-extension-appindicator is AppIndicator/KStatusNotifierItem support for GNOME Shell

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator on Fedora 36.

What is gnome-shell-extension-appindicator

This extension integrates Ubuntu AppIndicators and KStatusNotifierItems (KDE’s blessed successor of the systray) into GNOME Shell. You can use gnome-tweaks (additional package) or run in terminal gnome-extensions enable [email protected]

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

Install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator 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-shell-extension-appindicator using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator

Install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator 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-shell-extension-appindicator using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator

How To Uninstall gnome-shell-extension-appindicator on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the gnome-shell-extension-appindicator package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gnome-shell-extension-appindicator

gnome-shell-extension-appindicator Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/doc/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator
/usr/share/doc/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator/AUTHORS.md
/usr/share/doc/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator/README.md
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.shell.extensions.appindicator.gschema.xml
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/appIndicator.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/dbusMenu.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/extension.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/iconCache.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/indicatorStatusIcon.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/interfaces-xml
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/interfaces-xml/DBusMenu.xml
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/interfaces-xml/StatusNotifierItem.xml
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/interfaces-xml/StatusNotifierWatcher.xml
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/interfaces.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/metadata.json
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/prefs.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/promiseUtils.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/settingsManager.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/statusNotifierWatcher.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/trayIconsManager.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/util.js
/usr/share/licenses/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator
/usr/share/licenses/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator/LICENSE
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/AppIndicatorExtension.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/AppIndicatorExtension.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/AppIndicatorExtension.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/AppIndicatorExtension.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/AppIndicatorExtension.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/AppIndicatorExtension.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/AppIndicatorExtension.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/AppIndicatorExtension.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/AppIndicatorExtension.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/AppIndicatorExtension.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/AppIndicatorExtension.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/AppIndicatorExtension.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/AppIndicatorExtension.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/AppIndicatorExtension.mo

References

Summary

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