How To Install onboard on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install onboard in Fedora 36. onboard is On-screen keyboard for TabletPC and mobility impaired users (Xorg only)

Introduction

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

What is `onboard`

Onboard is an onscreen keyboard useful for everybody that cannot use a hardware keyboard; for example TabletPC users, mobility impaired users… It has been designed with simplicity in mind and can be used right away without the need of any configuration, as it can read the keyboard layout from the X server.

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

Install onboard 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 onboard using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install onboard

Install onboard 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 onboard using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install onboard

How To Uninstall onboard on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove onboard

onboard Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/onboard
/usr/bin/onboard-settings
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/92
/usr/lib/.build-id/92/4678d9629bd66907252eb36437365e017fefd3
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb/193e54fcce229b87dc11c6f8d0da6ad2fb8363
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/Appearance.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/AtspiStateTracker.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/AutoHide.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/AutoShow.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/ClickSimulator.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/Config.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/ConfigUtils.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/DBusUtils.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/Exceptions.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/GlobalKeyListener.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/HardwareSensorTracker.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/IconPalette.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/Indicator.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/KbdWindow.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/KeyCommon.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/KeyGtk.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/Keyboard.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/KeyboardPopups.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/KeyboardWidget.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/LanguageSupport.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/Layout.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/LayoutLoaderSVG.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/LayoutView.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/OnboardGtk.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/Scanner.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/SnippetView.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/Sound.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/SpellChecker.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/TextChanges.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/TextContext.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/TextDomain.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/Timer.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/TouchHandles.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/TouchInput.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/UDevTracker.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/Version.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/WPEngine.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/WindowUtils.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/WordSuggestions.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/XInput.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/Appearance.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/Appearance.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/AtspiStateTracker.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/AtspiStateTracker.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/AutoHide.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/AutoHide.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/AutoShow.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/AutoShow.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/ClickSimulator.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/ClickSimulator.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/Config.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/Config.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/ConfigUtils.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/ConfigUtils.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/DBusUtils.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/DBusUtils.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/Exceptions.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/Exceptions.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/GlobalKeyListener.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/GlobalKeyListener.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/HardwareSensorTracker.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/HardwareSensorTracker.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/IconPalette.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/IconPalette.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/Indicator.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/Indicator.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/KbdWindow.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/KbdWindow.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/KeyCommon.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/KeyCommon.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/KeyGtk.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/KeyGtk.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/Keyboard.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/Keyboard.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/KeyboardPopups.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/KeyboardPopups.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/KeyboardWidget.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/KeyboardWidget.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/LanguageSupport.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/LanguageSupport.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/Layout.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/Layout.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/LayoutLoaderSVG.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/LayoutLoaderSVG.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/LayoutView.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/LayoutView.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/OnboardGtk.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/OnboardGtk.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/Scanner.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/Scanner.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/SnippetView.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/SnippetView.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/Sound.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/Sound.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/SpellChecker.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/SpellChecker.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/TextChanges.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/TextChanges.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/TextContext.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/TextContext.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/TextDomain.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/TextDomain.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/Timer.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/Timer.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/TouchHandles.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/TouchHandles.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/TouchInput.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/TouchInput.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/UDevTracker.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/UDevTracker.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/Version.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/Version.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/WPEngine.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/WPEngine.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/WindowUtils.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/WindowUtils.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/WordSuggestions.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/WordSuggestions.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/XInput.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/XInput.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/canonical_equivalents.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/canonical_equivalents.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/definitions.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/definitions.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/settings.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/settings.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/utils.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/__pycache__/utils.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/canonical_equivalents.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/definitions.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/osk.cpython-310-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/pypredict
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/pypredict/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/pypredict/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/pypredict/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/pypredict/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/pypredict/__pycache__/lm_wrapper.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/pypredict/__pycache__/lm_wrapper.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/pypredict/lm.cpython-310-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/pypredict/lm_wrapper.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/settings.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/Onboard/utils.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/onboard-1.4.1-py3.10.egg-info
/usr/share/applications/onboard-settings.desktop
/usr/share/applications/onboard.desktop
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.onboard.gschema.xml
/usr/share/man/man1/onboard-settings.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/onboard.1.gz

References

onboard website

Summary

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