How To Install i3 on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install i3 in Fedora 36. i3 is Improved tiling window manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install i3 on Fedora 36.

What is i3

Key features of i3 are correct implementation of XrandR, horizontal and vertical columns (think of a table) in tiling. Also, special focus is on writing clean, readable and well documented code. i3 uses xcb for asynchronous communication with X11, and has several measures to be very fast. Please be aware that i3 is primarily targeted at advanced users and developers.

We can use yum or dnf to install i3 on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install i3.

Install i3 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 i3 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install i3

Install i3 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 i3 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install i3

How To Uninstall i3 on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the i3 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove i3

i3 Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/i3
/usr/bin/i3
/usr/bin/i3-config-wizard
/usr/bin/i3-dmenu-desktop
/usr/bin/i3-dump-log
/usr/bin/i3-input
/usr/bin/i3-migrate-config-to-v4
/usr/bin/i3-msg
/usr/bin/i3-nagbar
/usr/bin/i3-save-tree
/usr/bin/i3-sensible-editor
/usr/bin/i3-sensible-pager
/usr/bin/i3-sensible-terminal
/usr/bin/i3-with-shmlog
/usr/bin/i3bar
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/36
/usr/lib/.build-id/36/65cf65b2b6d634ca1f9d94af351c56ce404739
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c/1f508a6fac6ba566cd705bb70f18138605fef6
/usr/lib/.build-id/88
/usr/lib/.build-id/88/22fe621bd26314be892340508922aa822feaa2
/usr/lib/.build-id/af
/usr/lib/.build-id/af/1d33b82a816a8d5724514d4779eb93cc169e90
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb/30906fe9dff14a610ad19d3a3f251c0358e6f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca/45c02e7b1dba200250ce0384fb22c49ac3ff2b
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa/fefeb03cf0f94d195edf07ae9cd025623274c5
/usr/share/applications/i3.desktop
/usr/share/doc/i3/RELEASE-NOTES-4.20.1
/usr/share/licenses/i3
/usr/share/licenses/i3/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/i3-config-wizard.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i3-dmenu-desktop.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i3-dump-log.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i3-input.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i3-migrate-config-to-v4.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i3-msg.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i3-nagbar.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i3-save-tree.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i3-sensible-editor.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i3-sensible-pager.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i3-sensible-terminal.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i3.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i3bar.1.gz
/usr/share/pixmaps/i3-logo.svg
/usr/share/xsessions/i3-with-shmlog.desktop
/usr/share/xsessions/i3.desktop

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install i3 on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).