How To Install xde-menu on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install xde-menu in Fedora 36. xde-menu is Menu system for the X Desktop Environment

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xde-menu on Fedora 36.

What is xde-menu

This package provides a number of “C”-language tools for working with the X Desktop Environment. Most of these tools were previously written in perl(1) and were part of the xde-tools package. They have now been codified in “C” for speed and to provide access to libraries not available from perl(1).

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

Install xde-menu 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 xde-menu using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xde-menu

Install xde-menu 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 xde-menu using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xde-menu

How To Uninstall xde-menu on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the xde-menu package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xde-menu

xde-menu Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/xdg/autostart/xde-menu.desktop
/usr/bin/xde-menu
/usr/bin/xde-menu-monitor
/usr/bin/xde-menu-popmenu
/usr/bin/xde-menu-quit
/usr/bin/xde-menu-refresh
/usr/bin/xde-menu-replace
/usr/bin/xde-menu-restart
/usr/bin/xde-menugen
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/00
/usr/lib/.build-id/00/65d2b547aabee402e89d81534dd4c8bbad1230
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f/79e3361a43a51f96f84fdd17c81b7dd2af4112
/usr/lib/.build-id/16
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/ddd44f3e09991b32d46ebe66f3362302a9bb09
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/usr/lib/.build-id/2c
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/usr/lib/.build-id/f2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2/33cbecca2bb9d4468dabca7886c390acd6a1c5
/usr/lib64/xde-menu
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-2bwm.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-adwm.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-aewm++.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-aewm.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-afterstep.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-awesome.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-blackbox.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-bspwm.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-ctwm.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-cwm.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-dtwm.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-dwm.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-echinus.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-etwm.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-ewmh.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-fluxbox.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-flwm.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-fvwm.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-glasswm.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-goomwwm.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-herbstluftwm.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-i3.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-icewm.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-jwm.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-larswm.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-matwm2.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-metacity.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-mvwm.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-mwm.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-openbox.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-openboxold.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-pekwm.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-perlpanel.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-spectrwm.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-twm.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-uwm.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-vtwm.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-waimea.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-wind.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-wm2.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-wmaker.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-wmakerold.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-wmii.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-wmx.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-xdwm.so
/usr/lib64/xde-menu/modules/xde-menu-yeahwm.so
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XDE-Menu
/usr/share/applications/xde-menu.desktop
/usr/share/doc/xde-menu
/usr/share/doc/xde-menu/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/xde-menu/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/xde-menu/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/xde-menu/README.md
/usr/share/doc/xde-menu/THANKS
/usr/share/licenses/xde-menu
/usr/share/licenses/xde-menu/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/xde-menu-monitor.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xde-menu-popmenu.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xde-menu-quit.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xde-menu-refresh.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xde-menu-replace.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xde-menu-restart.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xde-menu.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xde-menugen.1.gz

References

Summary

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