How To Install kgreeter-plugins on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install kgreeter-plugins in Fedora 36. kgreeter-plugins is KDE Greeter Plugin Components

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kgreeter-plugins on Fedora 36.

What is `kgreeter-plugins`

KDE Greeter Plugin Components that are needed by KDM and Screensaver unlocking.

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

Install kgreeter-plugins 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 kgreeter-plugins using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kgreeter-plugins

Install kgreeter-plugins 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 kgreeter-plugins using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kgreeter-plugins

How To Uninstall kgreeter-plugins on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the kgreeter-plugins package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove kgreeter-plugins

kgreeter-plugins Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/05
/usr/lib/.build-id/05/502edf995072a7d3072bbb349747b26baf05a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/95
/usr/lib/.build-id/95/6761ca1561b178d2363c7391736e5ac2b48f27
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2/b8e996e9f9ec360b299ab819b1d9df225f286b
/usr/lib64/kde4/kgreet_classic.so
/usr/lib64/kde4/kgreet_generic.so
/usr/lib64/kde4/kgreet_winbind.so

References

kgreeter-plugins website

Summary

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