How To Install slock on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install slock in Fedora 36. slock is Simple X display locker

Introduction

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

What is `slock`

This is the simplest X screen locker we are aware of. It is stable and quite a lot people in this community are using it every day when they are out with friends or fetching some food from the local pub.

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

Install slock 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 slock using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install slock

Install slock 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 slock using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install slock

How To Uninstall slock on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove slock

slock Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/slock
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7/2eb7a5539fd9b1bdffec56a845cbbc72e0611d
/usr/share/doc/slock
/usr/share/doc/slock/README
/usr/share/licenses/slock
/usr/share/licenses/slock/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/slock.1.gz

References

slock website

Summary

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