How To Install squeekboard on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install squeekboard
on Fedora 36.
What is squeekboard
Squeekboard is a virtual keyboard supporting Wayland, built primarily for the Librem 5 phone. It squeaks because some Rust got inside.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install squeekboard
on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install squeekboard.
Install squeekboard 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 squeekboard
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install squeekboard
Install squeekboard 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 squeekboard
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install squeekboard
How To Uninstall squeekboard on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the squeekboard
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove squeekboard
squeekboard Package Contents on Fedora 36
/etc/xdg/autostart/squeekboard.desktop
/usr/bin/squeekboard
/usr/bin/squeekboard-entry
/usr/bin/squeekboard-restyled
/usr/bin/squeekboard-test-layout
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/79
/usr/lib/.build-id/79/997a64717c3c7bfba64964ec16d147ad4d13a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4/f338987a82468a7ca9f66f38497b3d64a19faa
/usr/share/applications/sm.puri.Squeekboard.desktop
/usr/share/doc/squeekboard
/usr/share/doc/squeekboard/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/squeekboard
/usr/share/licenses/squeekboard/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/squeekboard.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/squeekboard.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/squeekboard.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/squeekboard.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/squeekboard.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/squeekboard.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/squeekboard.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/squeekboard.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/squeekboard.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/squeekboard.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/squeekboard.mo
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install squeekboard
on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).