How To Install xprop on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install xprop in Fedora 36. xprop is X property display utility

Introduction

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

What is xprop

The xprop utility is for displaying window and font properties in an X server.

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

Install xprop 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 xprop using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xprop

Install xprop 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 xprop using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xprop

How To Uninstall xprop on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove xprop

xprop Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/xprop
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/07
/usr/lib/.build-id/07/84b7c1bcaac24b8f51f996c70cd7f6efb640b7
/usr/share/doc/xprop
/usr/share/doc/xprop/README
/usr/share/licenses/xprop
/usr/share/licenses/xprop/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/xprop.1.gz

References

Summary

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