How To Install xpenguins on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install xpenguins in Fedora 36. xpenguins is Cute little penguins that walk along the tops of your windows

Introduction

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

What is xpenguins

XPenguins animates a friendly family of penguins in your root window. They drop in from the top of the screen, walk along the tops of your windows, up the side of your windows, levitate, skateboard, and do other similarly exciting things. XPenguins is now themeable so if you are bored of penguins, try something else. The themes that come with this package are “Penguins”, “Classic Penguins”, “Big Penguins”, “Turtles” and “Bill”. XPenguins works by drawing on the X root window. This might not have the desired effect in modern desktop environments like Gnome where the root window is not visible.

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

Install xpenguins 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 xpenguins using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xpenguins

Install xpenguins 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 xpenguins using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xpenguins

How To Uninstall xpenguins on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove xpenguins

xpenguins Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/xpenguins
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7/16c526790405d7be0c30a34bbf918dabe85f6e
/usr/share/applications/xpenguins.desktop
/usr/share/doc/xpenguins
/usr/share/doc/xpenguins/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/xpenguins/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/xpenguins/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/xpenguins/README.utf8
/usr/share/doc/xpenguins/lay-out-frames.scm
/usr/share/doc/xpenguins/resize-frames.scm
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/xpenguins.png
/usr/share/man/man1/xpenguins.1.gz
/usr/share/metainfo/xpenguins.appdata.xml
/usr/share/xpenguins
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Big_Penguins
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Big_Penguins/about
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Big_Penguins/angel.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Big_Penguins/ballooner.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Big_Penguins/bigpenguin.png
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Big_Penguins/bomber.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Big_Penguins/climber.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Big_Penguins/climber_skateboarder.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Big_Penguins/config
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Big_Penguins/digger.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Big_Penguins/exit.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Big_Penguins/explosion.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Big_Penguins/faller.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Big_Penguins/floater.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Big_Penguins/reader.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Big_Penguins/skateboarder.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Big_Penguins/splat.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Big_Penguins/superpenguin.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Big_Penguins/tumbler.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Big_Penguins/walker.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Big_Penguins/zapped.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Bill
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Bill/about
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Bill/bill.png
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Bill/carrier.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Bill/climber.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Bill/config
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Bill/explosion.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Bill/faller.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Bill/hacker.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Bill/splat.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Bill/walker.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Classic_Penguins
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Classic_Penguins/about
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Classic_Penguins/bomber.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Classic_Penguins/climber.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Classic_Penguins/config
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Classic_Penguins/explosion.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Classic_Penguins/faller.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Classic_Penguins/floater.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Classic_Penguins/sitter.png
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Classic_Penguins/tumbler.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Classic_Penguins/walker.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Penguins
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Penguins/about
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Penguins/angel.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Penguins/ballooner.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Penguins/bomber.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Penguins/climber.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Penguins/climber_skateboarder.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Penguins/config
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Penguins/digger.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Penguins/exit.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Penguins/explosion.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Penguins/faller.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Penguins/floater.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Penguins/penguin.png
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Penguins/reader.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Penguins/skateboarder.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Penguins/splat.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Penguins/superpenguin.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Penguins/tumbler.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Penguins/walker.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Penguins/zapped.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Turtles
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Turtles/about
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Turtles/bomber.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Turtles/climber.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Turtles/config
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Turtles/explosion.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Turtles/faller.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Turtles/floater.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Turtles/tumbler.xpm
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Turtles/turtle.png
/usr/share/xpenguins/themes/Turtles/walker.xpm

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Summary

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