How To Install wev on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install wev in Fedora 36. wev is A tool for debugging events on a sway Wayland window

Introduction

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

What is wev

A tool for debugging events on a sway Wayland window, analogous to the X11 tool xev.

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

Install wev 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 wev using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install wev

Install wev 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 wev using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install wev

How To Uninstall wev on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove wev

wev Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/wev
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/55
/usr/lib/.build-id/55/1f0b33edb2bd42308bbe196a45a299f82a4581
/usr/share/doc/wev
/usr/share/doc/wev/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/wev
/usr/share/licenses/wev/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/wev.1.gz

References

Summary

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