How To Install xosd on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xosd
on Fedora 36.
What is xosd
XOSD displays text on your screen, sounds simple right? The difference is it is unmanaged and shaped, so it appears transparent. This gives the effect of an On Screen Display, like your TV/VCR etc.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install xosd
on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xosd.
Install xosd 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 xosd
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xosd
Install xosd 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 xosd
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xosd
How To Uninstall xosd on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the xosd
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xosd
xosd Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/bin/osd_cat
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac/d354d0717f2a616ebe0cb34aa5d96818e7461e
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1/691da916d632045edf2e68c366433adbf55a36
/usr/lib/libxosd.so.2
/usr/lib/libxosd.so.2.2.14
/usr/share/doc/xosd
/usr/share/doc/xosd/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/xosd/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/xosd/README
/usr/share/doc/xosd/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/xosd
/usr/share/licenses/xosd/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/osd_cat.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xosd
on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xosd
on Fedora 36.
What is xosd
XOSD displays text on your screen, sounds simple right? The difference is it is unmanaged and shaped, so it appears transparent. This gives the effect of an On Screen Display, like your TV/VCR etc.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install xosd
on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xosd.
Install xosd 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 xosd
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xosd
Install xosd 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 xosd
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xosd
How To Uninstall xosd on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the xosd
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xosd
xosd Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/bin/osd_cat
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/75
/usr/lib/.build-id/75/08879638b5dfbbf723c93df1685d413e06bf83
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb/47bbe9e1bf810d981d7b9824185d852649d708
/usr/lib64/libxosd.so.2
/usr/lib64/libxosd.so.2.2.14
/usr/share/doc/xosd
/usr/share/doc/xosd/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/xosd/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/xosd/README
/usr/share/doc/xosd/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/xosd
/usr/share/licenses/xosd/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/osd_cat.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xosd
on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).