How To Install mako on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install mako in Fedora 36. mako is Lightweight Wayland notification daemon

Introduction

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

What is `mako`

mako is a lightweight notification daemon for Wayland compositors that support the layer-shell protocol.

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

Install mako 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 mako using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mako

Install mako 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 mako using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mako

How To Uninstall mako on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove mako

mako Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/mako
/usr/bin/makoctl
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6/af1df4cc8a8eb80af2ff351bbde3df068f1002
/usr/lib/systemd/user/mako.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/fr.emersion.mako.service
/usr/share/doc/mako
/usr/share/doc/mako/README.md
/usr/share/fish
/usr/share/fish/vendor_completions.d
/usr/share/fish/vendor_completions.d/mako.fish
/usr/share/fish/vendor_completions.d/makoctl.fish
/usr/share/licenses/mako
/usr/share/licenses/mako/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/mako.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/makoctl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/mako.5.gz
/usr/share/zsh
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_mako
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_makoctl

References

mako website

Summary

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