How To Install metacity on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install metacity in Fedora 36. metacity is Unobtrusive window manager

Introduction

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

What is metacity

Metacity is a window manager that integrates nicely with the GNOME desktop. It strives to be quiet, small, stable, get on with its job, and stay out of your attention.

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

Install metacity 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 metacity using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install metacity

Install metacity 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 metacity using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install metacity

How To Uninstall metacity on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove metacity

metacity Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/metacity
/usr/bin/metacity-message
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/14
/usr/lib/.build-id/14/b439a56341e6196243e1507e1d8e52c8ec3d5e
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d/c9317b8ef6248f349763ab4afa0717158a1fb5
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb/9a349e992457da1c6bdba666f93f6bcf2ade69
/usr/lib/libmetacity.so.3
/usr/lib/libmetacity.so.3.0.0
/usr/share/applications/metacity.desktop
/usr/share/doc/metacity
/usr/share/doc/metacity/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/metacity/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/metacity/HACKING
/usr/share/doc/metacity/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/metacity/README
/usr/share/doc/metacity/rationales.txt
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.metacity.enums.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.metacity.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.metacity.keybindings.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.metacity.theme.gschema.xml
/usr/share/gnome-control-center/keybindings/50-metacity-navigation.xml
/usr/share/gnome-control-center/keybindings/50-metacity-system.xml
/usr/share/gnome-control-center/keybindings/50-metacity-windows.xml
/usr/share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/be@latin/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/br/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/crh/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/dz/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@shaw/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ha/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ig/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/la/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/mai/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/mg/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/mn/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/nds/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/rw/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/tk/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/wa/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/xh/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/yo/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/metacity-message.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/metacity.1.gz

References

Summary

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


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Introduction

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

What is metacity

Metacity is a window manager that integrates nicely with the GNOME desktop. It strives to be quiet, small, stable, get on with its job, and stay out of your attention.

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

Install metacity 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 metacity using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install metacity

Install metacity 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 metacity using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install metacity

How To Uninstall metacity on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove metacity

metacity Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/metacity
/usr/bin/metacity-message
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e/3a4c4e8d7ae9e392c76126d4e27e6deed9df9a
/usr/lib/.build-id/68
/usr/lib/.build-id/68/e08620ad1e8954e4f7695bbcf19b9213aef7aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4/2922abe260651184e6e7170c4199ea2a8e0f65
/usr/lib64/libmetacity.so.3
/usr/lib64/libmetacity.so.3.0.0
/usr/share/applications/metacity.desktop
/usr/share/doc/metacity
/usr/share/doc/metacity/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/metacity/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/metacity/HACKING
/usr/share/doc/metacity/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/metacity/README
/usr/share/doc/metacity/rationales.txt
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.metacity.enums.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.metacity.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.metacity.keybindings.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.metacity.theme.gschema.xml
/usr/share/gnome-control-center/keybindings/50-metacity-navigation.xml
/usr/share/gnome-control-center/keybindings/50-metacity-system.xml
/usr/share/gnome-control-center/keybindings/50-metacity-windows.xml
/usr/share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/be@latin/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/br/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/crh/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/dz/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@shaw/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ha/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ig/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/la/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/mai/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/mg/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/mn/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/nds/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/rw/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/tk/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/wa/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/xh/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/yo/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/metacity-message.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/metacity.1.gz

References

Summary

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