How To Install imv on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install imv in Fedora 36. imv is Image viewer for X11 and Wayland

Introduction

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

What is imv

imv is a command line image viewer intended for use with tiling window managers. Features - Native Wayland and X11 support - Support for dozens of image formats including TIFF, various RAW formats, Photoshop PSD files - Configurable key bindings and behavior - Highly scriptable with IPC via imv-msg

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

Install imv 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 imv using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install imv

Install imv 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 imv using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install imv

How To Uninstall imv on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove imv

imv Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/imv_config
/usr/bin/imv
/usr/bin/imv-folder
/usr/bin/imv-msg
/usr/bin/imv-wayland
/usr/bin/imv-x11
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9/b9e98fb19f75a4ececca0e0ea00c3ade5ab70c
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb/6da1627d07503ee94fddcdbca02146e4902201
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff/f807162df3f63fa0bd2e34b939ceaad4b64498
/usr/share/applications/imv-folder.desktop
/usr/share/applications/imv.desktop
/usr/share/doc/imv
/usr/share/doc/imv/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/imv
/usr/share/licenses/imv/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/imv-folder.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/imv-msg.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/imv-wayland.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/imv-x11.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/imv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/imv.5.gz

References

Summary

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