How To Install XFCE Desktop on Fedora 35

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install XFCE Desktop on Fedora 35. For those of you who didn’t know, XFCE is a free and open-source desktop environment for Linux and Unix-like operating systems. It aims to be fast and low on system resources, while still being visually appealing and user friendly.

This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you the step-by-step installation of the XFCE desktop environment on a Fedora 35.

Prerequisites

• A server running one of the following operating systems: Fedora 34 or Fedora 35.
• It’s recommended that you use a fresh OS install to prevent any potential issues.
• SSH access to the server (or just open Terminal if you’re on a desktop).
• A network connection or internet access.
• A non-root sudo user or access to the root user. We recommend acting as a non-root sudo user, however, as you can harm your system if you’re not careful when acting as the root.

Install XFCE Desktop on Fedora 35

Step 1. Before proceeding, update your Fedora operating system to make sure all existing packages are up to date. Use this command to update the server packages:

sudo dnf upgrade
sudo dnf update

Step 2. Installing XFCE Desktop on Fedora 35.

By default, XFCE is available on Fedora 35 base repository. Now run the following command below to install the XFCE Desktop to your Fedora system:

sudo dnf install @xfce-desktop-environment

During the installation, the system will download all required packages and installed all of them. This process could take a few minutes, depending on your internet connection speed. Once the XFCE installation is finished, let’s restart the machine:

reboot

Step 3. Accessing XFCE Desktop environment on Fedora.

Once the system is back online, When you come back to the login screen, click on the little wheel icon and select XFCE Session from the desktop list:

Congratulations! You have successfully installed XFCE Desktop. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing the XFCE desktop environment on your Fedora 35 system. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you check the official XFCE Desktop website.