How To Install weston on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install weston on Fedora 36.
What is weston
Weston is the reference wayland compositor that can run on KMS, under X11 or under another compositor.
We can use yum or dnf to install weston on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install weston.
Install weston 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 weston using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install weston
Install weston 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 weston using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install weston
How To Uninstall weston on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the weston package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove weston
weston Package Contents on Fedora 36
---
title: "How To Install weston on Fedora 36"
linkTitle: "weston"
type: "docs"
description: "In this tutorial we learn how to install weston in Fedora 36. weston is Reference compositor for Wayland"
date: "2022-08-17"
lastmod: "2022-08-17"
#image: /images/fedora/36/weston-featured.png
---
## Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install `weston` on Fedora 36.
### What is `weston`
> Weston is the reference wayland compositor that can run on KMS, under X11 or under another compositor.
We can use `yum` or `dnf` to install `weston` on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install weston.
## Install weston on Fedora 36 Using dnf
Update yum database with `dnf` using the following command.
```bash
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install weston using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install weston
Install weston 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 weston using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install weston
How To Uninstall weston on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the weston package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove weston
weston Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/bin/wcap-decode
/usr/bin/weston
/usr/bin/weston-debug
/usr/bin/weston-info
/usr/bin/weston-launch
/usr/bin/weston-screenshooter
/usr/bin/weston-terminal
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/02
/usr/lib/.build-id/02/72099699e6167027d28b0789d8fa1f56351924
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b/c66215bf5c7663db4646d08fbfae18ff59f6b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/11
/usr/lib/.build-id/11/fdbca9142f652d77d45897883caff7c3c57699
/usr/lib/.build-id/17
/usr/lib/.build-id/17/39dbe0984810b4d7e7f2e9d0023cafa52bd850
/usr/lib/.build-id/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/25f7d6fc61fec79ee52bb41064114decb51d02
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d/bbe3b2d5b4cf57f47780fe08914d56487cea4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e/42ac5ff47a330bf5efca49164f550814980f82
/usr/lib/.build-id/30
/usr/lib/.build-id/30/19b9d16878a40ae61cb723c4d07baeb4d9fb4e
/usr/lib/.build-id/33
/usr/lib/.build-id/33/a808ae11adb039406d94a4df5a3e227f1a53fa
/usr/lib/.build-id/55
/usr/lib/.build-id/55/be823eb85105ee1930c1b8a88162152150ecbf
/usr/lib/.build-id/64
/usr/lib/.build-id/64/cccc1e0e3bee55f8a546533ca0e561b26103a0
/usr/lib/.build-id/83
/usr/lib/.build-id/83/ca4bebecfabc4f75a4c01a4950c912bd929cde
/usr/lib/.build-id/94
/usr/lib/.build-id/94/2bdc03f990847b151208cdaac7a488f007a603
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0/4171620e4dc551c2cbb776b471866f84bf6085
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0/a7019555eab9fe4275a145891880b7028854ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7/5e60a7bd8ae7c5db31ae611c67bbed13970f39
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba/2cc07d3898c3ba059902f76784204fe23037dd
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef/4096820e21773eb3a122047d8cc424a41f5427
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3/9e1c8be5797cec6d99b1026647017ea000eda9
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/247795fd8e673a8e3fcd6fe47e7e2494bffc41
/usr/lib/weston
/usr/lib/weston/cms-colord.so
/usr/lib/weston/cms-static.so
/usr/lib/weston/desktop-shell.so
/usr/lib/weston/fullscreen-shell.so
/usr/lib/weston/hmi-controller.so
/usr/lib/weston/ivi-shell.so
/usr/lib/weston/libexec_weston.so
/usr/lib/weston/libexec_weston.so.0
/usr/lib/weston/libexec_weston.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/weston/screen-share.so
/usr/lib/weston/systemd-notify.so
/usr/libexec/weston-desktop-shell
/usr/libexec/weston-ivi-shell-user-interface
/usr/libexec/weston-keyboard
/usr/libexec/weston-simple-im
/usr/share/doc/weston
/usr/share/doc/weston/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/weston
/usr/share/licenses/weston/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/weston-debug.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/weston.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/weston.ini.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/weston-bindings.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/weston-drm.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/weston-rdp.7.gz
/usr/share/wayland-sessions/weston.desktop
/usr/share/weston
/usr/share/weston/background.png
/usr/share/weston/border.png
/usr/share/weston/fullscreen.png
/usr/share/weston/home.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_editor.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_flower.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_ivi_clickdot.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_ivi_flower.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_ivi_simple-egl.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_ivi_simple-shm.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_ivi_smoke.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_terminal.png
/usr/share/weston/icon_window.png
/usr/share/weston/panel.png
/usr/share/weston/pattern.png
/usr/share/weston/random.png
/usr/share/weston/sidebyside.png
/usr/share/weston/sign_close.png
/usr/share/weston/sign_maximize.png
/usr/share/weston/sign_minimize.png
/usr/share/weston/terminal.png
/usr/share/weston/tiling.png
/usr/share/weston/wayland.png
/usr/share/weston/wayland.svg
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install weston on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).
/usr/bin/wcap-decode /usr/bin/weston /usr/bin/weston-debug /usr/bin/weston-info /usr/bin/weston-launch /usr/bin/weston-screenshooter /usr/bin/weston-terminal /usr/lib/.build-id /usr/lib/.build-id/05 /usr/lib/.build-id/05/12cbe3268c3c2cb02c210d131421494fed5303 /usr/lib/.build-id/12 /usr/lib/.build-id/12/4fa8f00971d75c9961793cd1515e5b0479e981 /usr/lib/.build-id/14 /usr/lib/.build-id/14/ad5ad832a1fa7fa3cfc64f036a59fe39cae990 /usr/lib/.build-id/28 /usr/lib/.build-id/28/83af5fc6f4ddbbf1b46261480e2d61e260af4d /usr/lib/.build-id/2b /usr/lib/.build-id/2b/2d3c1cfdc87210de317330915ca0a6d9bcff96 /usr/lib/.build-id/2d /usr/lib/.build-id/2d/777840f99db72d4f10226769066e12a8468ec0 /usr/lib/.build-id/3f /usr/lib/.build-id/3f/e3c3610f5ad2cbe6ea64e619b9d58a62bc83ed /usr/lib/.build-id/56 /usr/lib/.build-id/56/580549fc0a3b663813ec246037f411eec9d452 /usr/lib/.build-id/79 /usr/lib/.build-id/79/7385c12e985870fb4ce6afb6b152604928e7f7 /usr/lib/.build-id/92 /usr/lib/.build-id/92/061eb8f02818ca25d0e2ee5abd5859ba35bc95 /usr/lib/.build-id/96 /usr/lib/.build-id/96/b27ddb6e3d16d27bcf304318c10a93c7c4c8c1 /usr/lib/.build-id/98 /usr/lib/.build-id/98/6cc62e50e7c8b3acea5b10b6c560af1acd9f71 /usr/lib/.build-id/cf /usr/lib/.build-id/cf/e698f005ea230cab065b47049d6f24f9eb988c /usr/lib/.build-id/cf/fdc99f22010f4668434d0a3a6ad11e11ec48d2 /usr/lib/.build-id/dd /usr/lib/.build-id/dd/795e9106b3eb8dc474932f20c4b9f701301db6 /usr/lib/.build-id/dd/a1b7e911de4935161293f47d7e2fe4b6559703 /usr/lib/.build-id/eb /usr/lib/.build-id/eb/4ee806b187bf4ae40de4349eaefa1d152c34cd /usr/lib/.build-id/ec /usr/lib/.build-id/ec/60453ef31f5c1e89479e147ca95321a4369080 /usr/lib/.build-id/f4 /usr/lib/.build-id/f4/945d788450bb712d43ce526580c87405c97e23 /usr/lib/.build-id/fe /usr/lib/.build-id/fe/55b143a9691c00bb5b2297072282ee52d2d292 /usr/lib64/weston /usr/lib64/weston/cms-colord.so /usr/lib64/weston/cms-static.so /usr/lib64/weston/desktop-shell.so /usr/lib64/weston/fullscreen-shell.so /usr/lib64/weston/hmi-controller.so /usr/lib64/weston/ivi-shell.so /usr/lib64/weston/libexec_weston.so /usr/lib64/weston/libexec_weston.so.0 /usr/lib64/weston/libexec_weston.so.0.0.0 /usr/lib64/weston/screen-share.so /usr/lib64/weston/systemd-notify.so /usr/libexec/weston-desktop-shell /usr/libexec/weston-ivi-shell-user-interface /usr/libexec/weston-keyboard /usr/libexec/weston-simple-im /usr/share/doc/weston /usr/share/doc/weston/README.md /usr/share/licenses/weston /usr/share/licenses/weston/COPYING /usr/share/man/man1/weston-debug.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/weston.1.gz /usr/share/man/man5/weston.ini.5.gz /usr/share/man/man7/weston-bindings.7.gz /usr/share/man/man7/weston-drm.7.gz /usr/share/man/man7/weston-rdp.7.gz /usr/share/wayland-sessions/weston.desktop /usr/share/weston /usr/share/weston/background.png /usr/share/weston/border.png /usr/share/weston/fullscreen.png /usr/share/weston/home.png /usr/share/weston/icon_editor.png /usr/share/weston/icon_flower.png /usr/share/weston/icon_ivi_clickdot.png /usr/share/weston/icon_ivi_flower.png /usr/share/weston/icon_ivi_simple-egl.png /usr/share/weston/icon_ivi_simple-shm.png /usr/share/weston/icon_ivi_smoke.png /usr/share/weston/icon_terminal.png /usr/share/weston/icon_window.png /usr/share/weston/panel.png /usr/share/weston/pattern.png /usr/share/weston/random.png /usr/share/weston/sidebyside.png /usr/share/weston/sign_close.png /usr/share/weston/sign_maximize.png /usr/share/weston/sign_minimize.png /usr/share/weston/terminal.png /usr/share/weston/tiling.png /usr/share/weston/wayland.png /usr/share/weston/wayland.svg
## References
* [weston website](http://wayland.freedesktop.org/)
## Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install `weston` on [Fedora 36](/fedora/36/) using [yum](/fedora/36/yum/) and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).
