How To Install kdm on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install kdm in Fedora 36. kdm is The KDE login manager

Introduction

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

What is `kdm`

KDM provides the graphical login screen, shown shortly after boot up, log out, and when user switching.

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

Install kdm 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 kdm using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kdm

Install kdm 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 kdm using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kdm

How To Uninstall kdm on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove kdm

kdm Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/genkdmconf
/usr/bin/kdm
/usr/bin/kdmctl
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/03
/usr/lib/.build-id/03/51a520e069f542954e4a7a9eef1144aa25bb17
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e/3c1d9862cb806047c6b4362bc0207a14658693
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e/00d564274b6da91dc3720318d83034bb9c491d
/usr/lib/.build-id/30
/usr/lib/.build-id/30/fba70eb73af03d1e740ea76bade8cdf1cced59
/usr/lib/.build-id/90
/usr/lib/.build-id/90/95d3026f71c12aca2ec4ff7be777e37560215a
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce/719c67c41fcb31ffbb459fd5663a1fbbabe151
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1/b9a3dc8fa96a974c395fb4575440a05058293e
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe/26add69108d2a682182691c47aea77fdedcf0d
/usr/lib64/kde4/kcm_kdm.so
/usr/libexec/kde4/kcmkdmhelper
/usr/libexec/kde4/kdm_config
/usr/libexec/kde4/kdm_greet
/usr/libexec/kde4/krootimage
/usr/share/config/background.knsrc
/usr/share/config/kdm.knsrc
/usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.kde.kcontrol.kcmkdm.service
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kdm
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kdm/common
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kdm/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kdm/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kdm/kdmrc-ref.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kdm/theme-ref.docbook
/usr/share/kde4/apps/doc
/usr/share/kde4/apps/doc/kdm
/usr/share/kde4/apps/doc/kdm/README
/usr/share/kde4/apps/doc/kdm/greeter.dtd
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kcontrol
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kcontrol/pics
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kcontrol/pics/anchor.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kcontrol/pics/monitor.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/faces
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/faces/.default.face.icon
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/patterns
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/patterns/fish.desktop
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/patterns/fish.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/patterns/flowers.desktop
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/patterns/flowers.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/patterns/night-rock.desktop
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/patterns/night-rock.jpg
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/patterns/pavement.desktop
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/patterns/pavement.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/patterns/rattan.desktop
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/patterns/rattan.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/patterns/stonewall2.desktop
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/patterns/stonewall2.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/patterns/triangles.desktop
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/patterns/triangles.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/pics
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/pics/kdelogo.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/pics/shutdown.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/pics/users
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/pics/users/default1.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/pics/users/default2.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/pics/users/default3.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/pics/users/root1.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/programs
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/programs/xearth.desktop
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/programs/xglobe.desktop
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/programs/xplanet.desktop
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/themes
/usr/share/kde4/services/kdm.desktop
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.kde.kcontrol.kcmkdm.policy

References

kdm website

Summary

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