How To Install btkbdd on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install btkbdd on Fedora 36.
What is btkbdd
This tool starts a Bluetooth HID Keyboard service, serving keystrokes obtained via Linux Input subsystem’s event device (evdev). In practical terms, it turns your Linux box with a physical keyboard into a Bluetooth keyboard, which can be used by various Bluetooth HID capable devices, including desktop or tablet computers, smart phones, game consoles and so on.
We can use yum or dnf to install btkbdd on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install btkbdd.
Install btkbdd 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 btkbdd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install btkbdd
Install btkbdd 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 btkbdd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install btkbdd
How To Uninstall btkbdd on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the btkbdd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove btkbdd
btkbdd Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/63
/usr/lib/.build-id/63/56d38896dc5fe098926ce55a07639b0d5d69ee
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/1397a93beee74d0968fca76ab5faf35a1d1904
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/90-btkbdd.rules
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/90-evmuxd.rules
/usr/sbin/btkbdd
/usr/sbin/evmuxd
/usr/share/doc/btkbdd
/usr/share/doc/btkbdd/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/btkbdd/README.pod
/usr/share/doc/btkbdd/architecture.png
/usr/share/man/man8/btkbdd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/evmuxd.8.gz
/var/lib/btkbdd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install btkbdd on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).
