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

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect in Fedora 36. gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect is KDE Connect implementation for GNOME Shell

Introduction

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

What is `gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect`

The KDE Connect project allows devices to securely share content such as notifications and files as well as interactive features such as SMS messaging and remote input. The KDE Connect team maintains cross-desktop, Android and Sailfish applications as well as an interface for KDE Plasma. GSConnect is a complete implementation of KDE Connect especially for GNOME Shell with Nautilus, Chrome and Firefox integration. It is does not rely on the KDE Connect desktop application and will not work with it installed.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

sudo dnf remove gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect

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

/usr/lib/firewalld/services/gsconnect.xml
/usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect.Preferences.desktop
/usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect.desktop
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect.service
/usr/share/doc/gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect
/usr/share/doc/gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect/README.md
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect.gschema.xml
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/config.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/extension.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/gsconnect-preferences
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/metadata.json
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect.gresource
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/preferences
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/preferences/__init__.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/preferences/device.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/preferences/keybindings.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/preferences/service.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/prefs.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/__init__.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/backends
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/backends/lan.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/components
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/components/__init__.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/components/atspi.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/components/clipboard.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/components/contacts.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/components/input.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/components/mpris.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/components/notification.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/components/pulseaudio.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/components/session.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/components/sound.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/components/upower.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/core.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/daemon.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/device.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/manager.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/nativeMessagingHost.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/plugin.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/plugins
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/plugins/battery.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/plugins/clipboard.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/plugins/connectivity_report.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/plugins/contacts.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/plugins/findmyphone.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/plugins/mousepad.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/plugins/mpris.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/plugins/notification.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/plugins/photo.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/plugins/ping.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/plugins/presenter.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/plugins/runcommand.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/plugins/sftp.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/plugins/share.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/plugins/sms.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/plugins/systemvolume.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/plugins/telephony.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/ui
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/ui/__init__.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/ui/contacts.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/ui/legacyMessaging.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/ui/messaging.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/ui/mousepad.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/ui/notification.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/ui/service.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/utils
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/utils/dbus.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/service/utils/uri.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/shell
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/shell/__init__.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/shell/clipboard.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/shell/device.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/shell/gmenu.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/shell/keybindings.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/shell/notification.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/shell/tooltip.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/shell/utils.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/stylesheet.css
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/utils
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/utils/remote.js
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect-symbolic.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect.svg
/usr/share/licenses/gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect
/usr/share/licenses/gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect/LICENSE
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl_BE/LC_MESSAGES/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl_NL/LC_MESSAGES/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect.mo
/usr/share/metainfo/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect.metainfo.xml

References

gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect website

Summary

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