How To Install libfm on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfm in Fedora 36. libfm is GIO-based library for file manager-like programs

Introduction

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

What is libfm

LibFM is a GIO-based library used to develop file manager-like programs. It is developed as the core of next generation PCManFM and takes care of all file- related operations such as copy & paste, drag & drop, file associations or thumbnails support. By utilizing glib/gio and gvfs, libfm can access remote file systems supported by gvfs. This package contains the generic non-gui functions of libfm.

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

Install libfm 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 libfm using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libfm

Install libfm 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 libfm using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libfm

How To Uninstall libfm on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove libfm

libfm Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/xdg/libfm
/etc/xdg/libfm/libfm.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/95
/usr/lib/.build-id/95/acc01e3332449903ed2b57f6aef48e8610e376
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6/210f4bc0956789e459a5277b4ac9be1b6acc27
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc/0d31905a16bc0a21973ecc63c46ab24fe4ce89
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1/6ed52466916c767652f0d50779ab9e18e695bf
/usr/lib64/libfm
/usr/lib64/libfm-extra.so.4
/usr/lib64/libfm-extra.so.4.1.3
/usr/lib64/libfm.so.4
/usr/lib64/libfm.so.4.1.3
/usr/lib64/libfm/modules
/usr/lib64/libfm/modules/vfs-menu.so
/usr/lib64/libfm/modules/vfs-search.so
/usr/share/doc/libfm
/usr/share/doc/libfm/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libfm/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libfm/README
/usr/share/libfm
/usr/share/libfm/archivers.list
/usr/share/libfm/images
/usr/share/libfm/images/folder.png
/usr/share/libfm/images/unknown.png
/usr/share/libfm/terminals.list
/usr/share/libfm/ui
/usr/share/libfm/ui/app-chooser.ui
/usr/share/libfm/ui/ask-rename.ui
/usr/share/libfm/ui/choose-icon.ui
/usr/share/libfm/ui/exec-file.ui
/usr/share/libfm/ui/file-prop.ui
/usr/share/libfm/ui/filesearch.ui
/usr/share/libfm/ui/preferred-apps.ui
/usr/share/libfm/ui/progress.ui
/usr/share/licenses/libfm
/usr/share/licenses/libfm/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fo/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/lg/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ps/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/tt_RU/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur_PK/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/mime/packages/libfm.xml

References

Summary

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


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Introduction

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

What is libfm

LibFM is a GIO-based library used to develop file manager-like programs. It is developed as the core of next generation PCManFM and takes care of all file- related operations such as copy & paste, drag & drop, file associations or thumbnails support. By utilizing glib/gio and gvfs, libfm can access remote file systems supported by gvfs. This package contains the generic non-gui functions of libfm.

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

Install libfm 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 libfm using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libfm

Install libfm 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 libfm using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libfm

How To Uninstall libfm on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove libfm

libfm Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/xdg/libfm
/etc/xdg/libfm/libfm.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f/247ef10abc79d318f57c3403e42978bf4b81f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/30
/usr/lib/.build-id/30/dade2182b6327ce1fb487db75af5d7a1ca00c7
/usr/lib/.build-id/67
/usr/lib/.build-id/67/b8949ffef4444cb3dcf52355695f49dd85c070
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7/fe45118f39f8c4de4c85087b78ae09d8c1f28e
/usr/lib/libfm
/usr/lib/libfm-extra.so.4
/usr/lib/libfm-extra.so.4.1.3
/usr/lib/libfm.so.4
/usr/lib/libfm.so.4.1.3
/usr/lib/libfm/modules
/usr/lib/libfm/modules/vfs-menu.so
/usr/lib/libfm/modules/vfs-search.so
/usr/share/doc/libfm
/usr/share/doc/libfm/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libfm/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libfm/README
/usr/share/libfm
/usr/share/libfm/archivers.list
/usr/share/libfm/images
/usr/share/libfm/images/folder.png
/usr/share/libfm/images/unknown.png
/usr/share/libfm/terminals.list
/usr/share/libfm/ui
/usr/share/libfm/ui/app-chooser.ui
/usr/share/libfm/ui/ask-rename.ui
/usr/share/libfm/ui/choose-icon.ui
/usr/share/libfm/ui/exec-file.ui
/usr/share/libfm/ui/file-prop.ui
/usr/share/libfm/ui/filesearch.ui
/usr/share/libfm/ui/preferred-apps.ui
/usr/share/libfm/ui/progress.ui
/usr/share/licenses/libfm
/usr/share/licenses/libfm/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fo/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/lg/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ps/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/tt_RU/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur_PK/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/libfm.mo
/usr/share/mime/packages/libfm.xml

References

Summary

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