How To Install spectral on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install spectral in Fedora 36. spectral is Glossy cross-platform Matrix client

Introduction

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

What is `spectral`

Spectral is a glossy cross-platform client for Matrix, the decentralized communication protocol for instant messaging.

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

Install spectral 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 spectral using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install spectral

Install spectral 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 spectral using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install spectral

How To Uninstall spectral on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove spectral

spectral Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/spectral
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/41
/usr/lib/.build-id/41/318f6657888391d20446a0482a7d9d12da7b33
/usr/share/applications/org.eu.encom.spectral.desktop
/usr/share/doc/spectral
/usr/share/doc/spectral/README.md
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/org.eu.encom.spectral.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/org.eu.encom.spectral.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/org.eu.encom.spectral.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/org.eu.encom.spectral.png
/usr/share/licenses/spectral
/usr/share/licenses/spectral/LICENSE
/usr/share/metainfo/org.eu.encom.spectral.appdata.xml

References

spectral website

Summary

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