How To Install sddm-x11 on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install sddm-x11 in Fedora 36. sddm-x11 is X11 SDDM greeter configuration

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sddm-x11 on Fedora 36.

What is `sddm-x11`

This package contains configuration and dependencies for SDDM to use X11 for the greeter display server.

We can use yum or dnf to install sddm-x11 on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sddm-x11.

Install sddm-x11 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 sddm-x11 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sddm-x11

Install sddm-x11 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 sddm-x11 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sddm-x11

How To Uninstall sddm-x11 on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the sddm-x11 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove sddm-x11

sddm-x11 Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/sddm/sddm.conf.d/x11.conf

References

sddm-x11 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sddm-x11 on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).