How To Install root-tail on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install root-tail in Fedora 36. root-tail is Displays a given file anywhere on your X11 root window

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install root-tail on Fedora 36.

What is `root-tail`

Displays a given file anywhere on your X11 root window, i.e. it is kind of tail -f for multiple files using your desktop background as output window.

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

Install root-tail 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 root-tail using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install root-tail

Install root-tail 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 root-tail using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install root-tail

How To Uninstall root-tail on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the root-tail package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove root-tail

root-tail Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/root-tail
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/67
/usr/lib/.build-id/67/78ffa79d55aaba095d387d384d836512acdb43
/usr/share/doc/root-tail
/usr/share/doc/root-tail/Changes
/usr/share/doc/root-tail/README
/usr/share/man/man1/root-tail.1.gz

References

root-tail website

Summary

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