How To Install xbg on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install xbg in Fedora 36. xbg is Tiny XCB root window color setter

Introduction

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

What is `xbg`

xbg is a tiny XCB root window color setter. It changes the root window background to a specified X11 color name.

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

Install xbg 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 xbg using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xbg

Install xbg 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 xbg using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xbg

How To Uninstall xbg on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove xbg

xbg Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/xbg
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b/c60d9ab0679444f37f44e9944030e4a3473902
/usr/share/doc/xbg
/usr/share/doc/xbg/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/xbg/README
/usr/share/licenses/xbg
/usr/share/licenses/xbg/LICENSE

References

xbg website

Summary

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