How To Install xdesktopwaves on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xdesktopwaves
on Fedora 36.
What is xdesktopwaves
xdesktopwaves is a cellular automata setting the background of your X Window System desktop under water. Windows and mouse are like ships on the sea. Each movement of these ends up in moving water waves. You can even have rain and/or storm stirring up the water.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install xdesktopwaves
on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xdesktopwaves.
Install xdesktopwaves 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 xdesktopwaves
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xdesktopwaves
Install xdesktopwaves 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 xdesktopwaves
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xdesktopwaves
How To Uninstall xdesktopwaves on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the xdesktopwaves
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xdesktopwaves
xdesktopwaves Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/bin/xdesktopwaves
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/28
/usr/lib/.build-id/28/9d0209b126e6bae155667d28cead562d208861
/usr/share/applications/xdesktopwaves.desktop
/usr/share/doc/xdesktopwaves
/usr/share/doc/xdesktopwaves/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/xdesktopwaves/README
/usr/share/man/man1/xdesktopwaves.1.gz
/usr/share/pixmaps/xdesktopwaves.xpm
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xdesktopwaves
on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).