Package management

The Fedora Linux live installation media build is based on a kickstart (text) file where, depending on the version of the image, the packages that compose it are included.

The Fedora Workstation version includes the following groups of packages:

• Common Network Manager Submodules
• Container management
• Core
• Fedora Workstation product core
• Firefox web browser
• Fonts
• GNOME
• Guest desktop agents
• Hardware support
• LibreOffice
• Multimedia
• Printing support
• base-x

Note

For more information about Fedora Composes, refer to fedora-kickstarts at https://pagure.io/fedora-kickstarts/.

To review the installed packages, perform the following steps:

1. Open the Activities overview window and select Software from the bottom icon bar:

Figure 2.25 – Activities overview

2. Click the Installed tab:

Figure 2.26 – Software installed

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