How To Install lightdm-settings on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install lightdm-settings in Fedora 36. lightdm-settings is Configuration tool for the LightDM display manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lightdm-settings on Fedora 36.

What is `lightdm-settings`

This tool currently lets users configure slick-greeter.

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

Install lightdm-settings 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 lightdm-settings using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lightdm-settings

Install lightdm-settings 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 lightdm-settings using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lightdm-settings

How To Uninstall lightdm-settings on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the lightdm-settings package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove lightdm-settings

lightdm-settings Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/lightdm-settings
/usr/lib/lightdm-settings
/usr/lib/lightdm-settings/SettingsWidgets.py
/usr/lib/lightdm-settings/lightdm-settings
/usr/share/applications/lightdm-settings.desktop
/usr/share/doc/lightdm-settings
/usr/share/doc/lightdm-settings/README.md
/usr/share/doc/lightdm-settings/changelog
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/lightdm-settings.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/lightdm-settings.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/lightdm-settings.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/lightdm-settings.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/lightdm-settings.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/lightdm-settings.svg
/usr/share/licenses/lightdm-settings
/usr/share/licenses/lightdm-settings/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/lightdm-settings/copyright
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/ber/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr_CA/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/ia/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/ie/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/kab/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/la/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/mai/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/nap/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/sc/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/uz/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/zgh/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm-settings.mo
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.x.lightdm-settings.policy

References

lightdm-settings website

Summary

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