How To Install wmsystemtray on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install wmsystemtray in Fedora 36. wmsystemtray is System tray (freedesktop.org systray protocol) as a Window Maker dock app

Introduction

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

What is wmsystemtray

wmsystemtray is a system tray using the freedesktop.org system tray protocol designed as a Window Maker dock app. It has the ability to display more than one dock window to make room for more tray icons, and the ability to scroll through the icons if more are present than will fit.

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

Install wmsystemtray 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 wmsystemtray using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install wmsystemtray

Install wmsystemtray 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 wmsystemtray using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install wmsystemtray

How To Uninstall wmsystemtray on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove wmsystemtray

wmsystemtray Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/wmsystemtray
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/08
/usr/lib/.build-id/08/794b69f77c94aeec3547a316e532e384b062ce
/usr/share/doc/wmsystemtray
/usr/share/doc/wmsystemtray/ChangeLog
/usr/share/man/man1/wmsystemtray.1.gz

References

Summary

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