How To Install vkeybd on Fedora 34

vkeybd is Virtual MIDI keyboard

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vkeybd on Fedora 34.

What is vkeybd

This is a virtual keyboard for AWE, MIDI and ALSA drivers. It’s a simple fake of a MIDI keyboard on X-windows system. Enjoy a music with your mouse and “computer” keyboard

We can use yum or dnf to install vkeybd on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install vkeybd.

Install vkeybd on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install vkeybd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install vkeybd

Install vkeybd on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install vkeybd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vkeybd

How To Uninstall vkeybd on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove vkeybd

vkeybd Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/sftovkb
/usr/bin/vkeybd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b/98c2aa8b77b0c59cd0814a864bcaba0bc9976e
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b/49f273ba6a41f0ef3b390747d72a6706c884ad
/usr/share/applications/vkeybd.desktop
/usr/share/doc/vkeybd
/usr/share/doc/vkeybd/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/vkeybd/README
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/vkeybd.png
/usr/share/man/man1/vkeybd.1.gz
/usr/share/vkeybd
/usr/share/vkeybd/vkeybd.list
/usr/share/vkeybd/vkeybd.tcl
/usr/share/vkeybd/vkeybdmap
/usr/share/vkeybd/vkeybdmap-de
/usr/share/vkeybd/vkeybdmap-es
/usr/share/vkeybd/vkeybdmap-fr

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vkeybd on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.