How To Install nwg-launchers on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install nwg-launchers in Fedora 36. nwg-launchers is GTK-based launchers for sway and other window managers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nwg-launchers on Fedora 36.

What is nwg-launchers

GTK-based launchers for sway and other window managers. The project priorities are - it must work well on sway; - it should work as well as possible on Wayfire, i3, dwm and Openbox.

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

Install nwg-launchers 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 nwg-launchers using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nwg-launchers

Install nwg-launchers 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 nwg-launchers using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nwg-launchers

How To Uninstall nwg-launchers on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the nwg-launchers package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove nwg-launchers

nwg-launchers Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/nwgbar
/usr/bin/nwgdmenu
/usr/bin/nwggrid
/usr/bin/nwggrid-server
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/04
/usr/lib/.build-id/04/9be804a16e782db976d7d06ba41dcb08f356dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa/683a2483726e4af4e8bcd31515b9cd82ea31da
/usr/lib/.build-id/ae
/usr/lib/.build-id/ae/88703bd6574fa86315dec9fe16cebc0957330a
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7/03cc665f7d43540e062855c79079d46315fa0e
/usr/share/doc/nwg-launchers
/usr/share/doc/nwg-launchers/README.md
/usr/share/doc/nwg-launchers/nwgbar
/usr/share/doc/nwg-launchers/nwgbar/exit-fvwm.json
/usr/share/doc/nwg-launchers/nwgbar/exit-i3.json
/usr/share/doc/nwg-launchers/nwgbar/exit-ob.json
/usr/share/licenses/nwg-launchers
/usr/share/licenses/nwg-launchers/LICENSE
/usr/share/nwg-launchers
/usr/share/nwg-launchers/icon-missing.png
/usr/share/nwg-launchers/icon-missing.svg
/usr/share/nwg-launchers/nwgbar
/usr/share/nwg-launchers/nwgbar/bar.json
/usr/share/nwg-launchers/nwgbar/style.css
/usr/share/nwg-launchers/nwgdmenu
/usr/share/nwg-launchers/nwgdmenu/style.css
/usr/share/nwg-launchers/nwggrid
/usr/share/nwg-launchers/nwggrid/style.css

References

Summary

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