How To Install lxmenu-data on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install lxmenu-data in Fedora 36. lxmenu-data is Data files for the LXDE menu

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lxmenu-data on Fedora 36.

What is lxmenu-data

The lxmenu-data contains files used to build the menu in LXDE according to the freedesktop-org menu spec. Currently it’s used by LXPanel and LXLauncher.

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

Install lxmenu-data 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 lxmenu-data using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lxmenu-data

Install lxmenu-data 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 lxmenu-data using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lxmenu-data

How To Uninstall lxmenu-data on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the lxmenu-data package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove lxmenu-data

lxmenu-data Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/xdg/menus/lxde-applications.menu
/usr/share/desktop-directories/lxde-audio-video.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/lxde-development.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/lxde-education.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/lxde-game.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/lxde-graphics.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/lxde-hardware.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/lxde-internet-and-network.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/lxde-look-and-feel.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/lxde-menu-applications.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/lxde-menu-system.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/lxde-network.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/lxde-office.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/lxde-other.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/lxde-personal.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/lxde-science-math.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/lxde-settings-system.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/lxde-settings.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/lxde-system-tools.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/lxde-system.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/lxde-utility-accessibility.directory
/usr/share/desktop-directories/lxde-utility.directory
/usr/share/doc/lxmenu-data
/usr/share/doc/lxmenu-data/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/lxmenu-data/README
/usr/share/doc/lxmenu-data/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/lxmenu-data
/usr/share/licenses/lxmenu-data/COPYING

References

Summary

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