How To Install perl-File-DesktopEntry on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-File-DesktopEntry in Fedora 36. perl-File-DesktopEntry is Object to handle .desktop files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-File-DesktopEntry on Fedora 36.

What is perl-File-DesktopEntry

This module is used to work with .desktop files. The format of these files is specified by the freedesktop “Desktop Entry” specification. This module can parse these files but also knows how to run the applications defined by these files. For this module version 1.0 of the specification was used.

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

Install perl-File-DesktopEntry 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 perl-File-DesktopEntry using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-File-DesktopEntry

Install perl-File-DesktopEntry 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 perl-File-DesktopEntry using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-File-DesktopEntry

How To Uninstall perl-File-DesktopEntry on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the perl-File-DesktopEntry package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-File-DesktopEntry

perl-File-DesktopEntry Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/doc/perl-File-DesktopEntry
/usr/share/doc/perl-File-DesktopEntry/Changes
/usr/share/man/man3/File::DesktopEntry.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/File
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/File/DesktopEntry.pm

References

Summary

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