How To Install xfce4-xkb-plugin on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install xfce4-xkb-plugin in Fedora 36. xfce4-xkb-plugin is XKB layout switcher for the Xfce panel

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xfce4-xkb-plugin on Fedora 36.

What is `xfce4-xkb-plugin`

Xfce XKB layout switch plugin for the Xfce panel. It displays the current keyboard layout, and refreshes when layout changes. The layout can be switched by simply clicking on the plugin. For now the keyboard layouts cannot be configured from the plugin itself, they should be set in the XF86Config file or some other way (e.g. setxkbmap).

We can use yum or dnf to install xfce4-xkb-plugin on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xfce4-xkb-plugin.

Install xfce4-xkb-plugin 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 xfce4-xkb-plugin using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xfce4-xkb-plugin

Install xfce4-xkb-plugin 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 xfce4-xkb-plugin using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xfce4-xkb-plugin

How To Uninstall xfce4-xkb-plugin on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the xfce4-xkb-plugin package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xfce4-xkb-plugin

xfce4-xkb-plugin Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/83
/usr/lib/.build-id/83/333604dd6827487f9c57e47291c238445fd9f7
/usr/lib64/xfce4/panel/plugins/libxkb.so
/usr/share/doc/xfce4-xkb-plugin
/usr/share/doc/xfce4-xkb-plugin/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/xfce4-xkb-plugin/ChangeLog
/usr/share/licenses/xfce4-xkb-plugin
/usr/share/licenses/xfce4-xkb-plugin/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_AU/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy_AM/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/hye/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/ie/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur_PK/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/uz/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/uz@Latn/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-xkb-plugin.mo
/usr/share/xfce4/panel/plugins/xkb.desktop
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/ae.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/al.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/am.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/ar.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/at.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/az.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/ba.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/be.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/ben.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/bg.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/bh.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/br.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/by.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/ca.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/ch.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/cu.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/cz.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/de.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/dj.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/dk.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/dvorak.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/dz.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/ee.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/eg.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/el.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/epo.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/es.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/fi.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/fo.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/fr.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/gb.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/ge.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/gr.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/hr.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/hu.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/ie.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/il.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/in.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/iq.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/ir.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/is.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/it.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/jo.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/jp.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/kh.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/km.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/kp.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/kr.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/kw.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/kz.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/la.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/lb.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/lt.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/lv.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/ly.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/ma.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/mk.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/mm.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/mn.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/mt.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/mx.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/nl.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/no.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/om.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/pl.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/pt.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/qa.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/ro.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/rs.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/ru.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/sa.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/sd.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/se.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/si.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/sk.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/so.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/sr.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/sy.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/th.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/tn.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/tr.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/ua.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/us.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/uy.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/uz.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/vn.svg
/usr/share/xfce4/xkb/flags/ye.svg

References

xfce4-xkb-plugin website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xfce4-xkb-plugin on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).