How To Install rofi on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install rofi in Fedora 36. rofi is A window switcher, application launcher and dmenu replacement

Introduction

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

What is `rofi`

Rofi is a dmenu replacement. Rofi, like dmenu, will provide the user with a textual list of options where one or more can be selected. This can either be, running an application, selecting a window or options provided by an external script.

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

Install rofi 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 rofi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rofi

Install rofi 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 rofi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rofi

How To Uninstall rofi on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove rofi

rofi Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/rofi
/usr/bin/rofi-sensible-terminal
/usr/bin/rofi-theme-selector
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/92
/usr/lib/.build-id/92/5d6ef97c52b7c9b39f89e8e8aad0cea51bea7a
/usr/share/doc/rofi
/usr/share/doc/rofi/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/rofi
/usr/share/licenses/rofi/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/rofi-sensible-terminal.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rofi-theme-selector.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rofi.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/rofi-dmenu.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/rofi-keys.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/rofi-script.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/rofi-theme.5.gz

References

rofi website

Summary

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