How To Install lxdm on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install lxdm in Fedora 36. lxdm is Lightweight X11 Display Manager

Introduction

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

What is `lxdm`

LXDM is the future display manager of LXDE, the Lightweight X11 Desktop environment. It is designed as a lightweight alternative to replace GDM or KDM in LXDE distros. It’s still in very early stage of development.

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

Install lxdm 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 lxdm using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lxdm

Install lxdm 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 lxdm using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lxdm

How To Uninstall lxdm on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove lxdm

lxdm Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/lxdm
/etc/lxdm/LoginReady
/etc/lxdm/PostLogin
/etc/lxdm/PostLogout
/etc/lxdm/PreLogin
/etc/lxdm/PreReboot
/etc/lxdm/PreShutdown
/etc/lxdm/Xsession
/etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf
/etc/lxdm/xinitrc
/etc/pam.d/lxdm
/run/lxdm
/usr/bin/lxdm-config
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c/1a4c233253ad12db36d188cd77130f21b43af7
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b/9ba65fd4bafa8be2bf699112ba31e442eb0f1d
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d/e6d05df251e05a2aa9d9c22059025b034c417b
/usr/lib/.build-id/93
/usr/lib/.build-id/93/2346c8955092536dd649613045a14b9fb85b91
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/66656bd843a665cac9c9cdeab344de07b205b4
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9/f0355304e3a29d80737d8bd9f14176ae758e17
/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/83-fedora-lxdm.preset
/usr/lib/systemd/system/lxdm.service
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/lxdm.conf
/usr/libexec/lxdm-greeter-gdk
/usr/libexec/lxdm-greeter-gtk
/usr/libexec/lxdm-numlock
/usr/libexec/lxdm-session
/usr/sbin/lxdm
/usr/sbin/lxdm-binary
/usr/share/doc/lxdm
/usr/share/doc/lxdm/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/lxdm/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/lxdm/README
/usr/share/doc/lxdm/TODO
/usr/share/doc/lxdm/gpl-2.0.txt
/usr/share/doc/lxdm/lgpl-2.1.txt
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fo/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/km/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/lg/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ps/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/tt_RU/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur_PK/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/lxdm.mo
/usr/share/lxdm
/usr/share/lxdm/config.ui
/usr/share/lxdm/lxdm.glade
/usr/share/lxdm/themes
/usr/share/lxdm/themes/Industrial
/usr/share/lxdm/themes/Industrial/greeter-gtk3.ui
/usr/share/lxdm/themes/Industrial/greeter.ui
/usr/share/lxdm/themes/Industrial/gtk.css
/usr/share/lxdm/themes/Industrial/gtkrc
/usr/share/lxdm/themes/Industrial/index.theme
/usr/share/lxdm/themes/Industrial/lang.png
/usr/share/lxdm/themes/Industrial/login.png
/usr/share/lxdm/themes/Industrial/nobody.png
/usr/share/lxdm/themes/Industrial/session.png
/usr/share/lxdm/themes/Industrial/shade.png
/usr/share/lxdm/themes/Industrial/wave.svg
/var/lib/lxdm
/var/lib/lxdm.conf

References

lxdm website

Summary

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