How To Install vimiv on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install vimiv in Fedora 36. vimiv is An image viewer with vim-like keybindings

Introduction

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

What is vimiv

Vimiv is an image viewer with vim-like keybindings. It is written in python3 using the Gtk3 toolkit. Some of the features are - Thumbnail mode - Simple library browser - Basic image editing - Command line with tab completion

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

Install vimiv 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 vimiv using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install vimiv

Install vimiv 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 vimiv using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vimiv

How To Uninstall vimiv on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove vimiv

vimiv Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/vimiv
/etc/vimiv/keys.conf
/etc/vimiv/vimivrc
/usr/bin/vimiv
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3/035bc2956b8cd2b7834688bf10d61d4442f1bd
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv-0.9.1-py3.10.egg-info
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv-0.9.1-py3.10.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv-0.9.1-py3.10.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv-0.9.1-py3.10.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv-0.9.1-py3.10.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv-0.9.1-py3.10.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/app.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/app.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/commandline.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/commandline.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/commands.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/commands.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/completions.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/completions.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/config_parser.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/config_parser.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/eventhandler.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/eventhandler.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/exceptions.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/exceptions.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/fileactions.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/fileactions.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/helpers.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/helpers.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/image.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/image.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/image_enhance.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/image_enhance.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/imageactions.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/imageactions.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/information.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/information.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/library.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/library.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/log.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/log.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/main_window.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/main_window.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/manipulate.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/manipulate.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/mark.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/mark.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/settings.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/settings.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/slideshow.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/slideshow.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/statusbar.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/statusbar.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/tags.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/tags.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/thumbnail.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/thumbnail.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/thumbnail_manager.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/thumbnail_manager.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/transform.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/transform.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/trash_manager.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/trash_manager.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/window.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/__pycache__/window.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/_image_enhance.cpython-310-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/app.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/commandline.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/commands.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/completions.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/config_parser.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/eventhandler.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/exceptions.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/fileactions.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/helpers.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/image.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/image_enhance.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/imageactions.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/information.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/library.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/log.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/main_window.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/manipulate.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/mark.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/settings.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/slideshow.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/statusbar.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/tags.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/thumbnail.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/thumbnail_manager.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/transform.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/trash_manager.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/vimiv/window.py
/usr/share/applications/vimiv.desktop
/usr/share/doc/vimiv
/usr/share/doc/vimiv/readme.md
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/vimiv.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/vimiv.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/vimiv.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/vimiv.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/vimiv.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/vimiv.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/vimiv.svg
/usr/share/licenses/vimiv
/usr/share/licenses/vimiv/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/vimiv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/vimivrc.5.gz
/usr/share/metainfo/vimiv.appdata.xml

References

Summary

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