How To Install slim on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install slim in Fedora 36. slim is Simple Login Manager

Introduction

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

What is slim

SLiM (Simple Login Manager) is a graphical login manager for X11. It aims to be simple, fast and independent from the various desktop environments. SLiM is based on latest stable release of Login.app by Per Lidén. In the distribution, slim may be called through a wrapper, slim-dynwm, which determines the available window managers using the freedesktop information and modifies the slim configuration file accordingly, before launching slim.

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

Install slim 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 slim using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install slim

Install slim 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 slim using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install slim

How To Uninstall slim on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove slim

slim Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/logrotate.d/slim
/etc/pam.d/slim
/etc/slim.conf
/etc/tmpfiles.d/slim.conf
/usr/bin/slim
/usr/bin/slim-dynwm
/usr/bin/slimlock
/usr/bin/update_slim_wmlist
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/16
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/cf3192513e37e0057a22167e906a393c63c9fa
/usr/lib/.build-id/28
/usr/lib/.build-id/28/2f40cb70562e3e1e16a6b07fa896ae2d72461f
/usr/lib/.build-id/68
/usr/lib/.build-id/68/cc7d3a6f278d7b1aaa256251368401b56638a8
/usr/lib/libslim.so.1.3.6
/usr/lib/systemd/system/slim.service
/usr/share/doc/slim
/usr/share/doc/slim/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/slim/README
/usr/share/doc/slim/README.Fedora
/usr/share/doc/slim/THEMES
/usr/share/doc/slim/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/slim
/usr/share/licenses/slim/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/slim.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/slimlock.1.gz
/usr/share/slim
/usr/share/slim/themes
/usr/share/slim/themes/default
/usr/share/slim/themes/default/background.jpg
/usr/share/slim/themes/default/panel.png
/usr/share/slim/themes/default/slim.theme
/var/run/slim

References

Summary

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

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Introduction

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

What is slim

SLiM (Simple Login Manager) is a graphical login manager for X11. It aims to be simple, fast and independent from the various desktop environments. SLiM is based on latest stable release of Login.app by Per Lidén. In the distribution, slim may be called through a wrapper, slim-dynwm, which determines the available window managers using the freedesktop information and modifies the slim configuration file accordingly, before launching slim.

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

Install slim 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 slim using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install slim

Install slim 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 slim using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install slim

How To Uninstall slim on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove slim

slim Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/logrotate.d/slim
/etc/pam.d/slim
/etc/slim.conf
/etc/tmpfiles.d/slim.conf
/usr/bin/slim
/usr/bin/slim-dynwm
/usr/bin/slimlock
/usr/bin/update_slim_wmlist
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/98
/usr/lib/.build-id/98/738a96935a1fbf40ba08775235c875f0baeba3
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd/02c32be6c190f3945d1afc4cd57eea13a80c3e
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb/461091de277705870f4baec9ac1ae7b8b49db5
/usr/lib/systemd/system/slim.service
/usr/lib64/libslim.so.1.3.6
/usr/share/doc/slim
/usr/share/doc/slim/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/slim/README
/usr/share/doc/slim/README.Fedora
/usr/share/doc/slim/THEMES
/usr/share/doc/slim/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/slim
/usr/share/licenses/slim/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/slim.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/slimlock.1.gz
/usr/share/slim
/usr/share/slim/themes
/usr/share/slim/themes/default
/usr/share/slim/themes/default/background.jpg
/usr/share/slim/themes/default/panel.png
/usr/share/slim/themes/default/slim.theme
/var/run/slim

References

Summary

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