How To Install xorg-x11-xsm on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-xsm in Fedora 36. xorg-x11-xsm is X.Org X11 X Session Manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-xsm on Fedora 36.

What is xorg-x11-xsm

X.Org X11 X Session Manager

We can use yum or dnf to install xorg-x11-xsm on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xorg-x11-xsm.

Install xorg-x11-xsm 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 xorg-x11-xsm using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xorg-x11-xsm

Install xorg-x11-xsm 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 xorg-x11-xsm using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xorg-x11-xsm

How To Uninstall xorg-x11-xsm on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the xorg-x11-xsm package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xorg-x11-xsm

xorg-x11-xsm Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/X11/rstart
/etc/X11/rstart/config
/etc/X11/xsm
/etc/X11/xsm/system.xsm
/usr/bin/rstart
/usr/bin/rstartd
/usr/bin/smproxy
/usr/bin/xsm
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/23
/usr/lib/.build-id/23/99680cdc436991da990611cb30bd620b48209f
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c/546cc9a7530ce6425e195242b41130761bf4a0
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d/a8f2b8f815ed1f682e32ae59d212cd0335b09b
/usr/libexec/rstartd.real
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XSm
/usr/share/X11/rstart
/usr/share/X11/rstart/commands
/usr/share/X11/rstart/commands/@List
/usr/share/X11/rstart/commands/ListContexts
/usr/share/X11/rstart/commands/ListGenericCommands
/usr/share/X11/rstart/commands/x11r6
/usr/share/X11/rstart/commands/x11r6/@List
/usr/share/X11/rstart/commands/x11r6/LoadMonitor
/usr/share/X11/rstart/commands/x11r6/Terminal
/usr/share/X11/rstart/contexts
/usr/share/X11/rstart/contexts/@List
/usr/share/X11/rstart/contexts/default
/usr/share/X11/rstart/contexts/x11r6
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-xsm
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-xsm/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-xsm/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-xsm/README
/usr/share/man/man1/rstart.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rstartd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/smproxy.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xsm.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-xsm on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).