How To Install xssstate on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install xssstate in Fedora 36. xssstate is A simple tool to retrieve the X screen saver state

Introduction

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

What is xssstate

A simple tool to retrieve the X screen saver state.

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

Install xssstate 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 xssstate using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xssstate

Install xssstate 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 xssstate using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xssstate

How To Uninstall xssstate on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove xssstate

xssstate Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/xssstate
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f/acdb0b51121cbd2eec3a2c5454a2ff372c79bb
/usr/share/doc/xssstate
/usr/share/doc/xssstate/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/xssstate/README
/usr/share/doc/xssstate/xsidle.sh
/usr/share/man/man1/xssstate.1.gz

References

Summary

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