How To Install xosview on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install xosview in Fedora 36. xosview is An X Window System utility for monitoring system resources

Introduction

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

What is `xosview`

The xosview utility displays a set of bar graphs which show the current system state, including memory usage, CPU usage, system load, etc. Xosview runs under the X Window System.

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

Install xosview 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 xosview using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xosview

Install xosview 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 xosview using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xosview

How To Uninstall xosview on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove xosview

xosview Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/xosview
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/81
/usr/lib/.build-id/81/fb650b773bfe05d1cd87b7491b1c22fa8a4461
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XOsview
/usr/share/applications/xosview.desktop
/usr/share/doc/xosview
/usr/share/doc/xosview/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/xosview/README
/usr/share/doc/xosview/README.linux
/usr/share/doc/xosview/TODO
/usr/share/doc/xosview/Xdefaults
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/xosview.png
/usr/share/licenses/xosview
/usr/share/licenses/xosview/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/xosview/COPYING.GPL
/usr/share/man/man1/xosview.1.gz

References

xosview website

Summary

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