How To Install kbd on CentOS 8
kbd is Tools for configuring the console (keyboard, virtual terminals, etc.)
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kbd on CentOS 8.
What is kbd
The kbd package contains tools for managing a Linux system’s console’s behavior, including the keyboard, the screen fonts, the virtual terminals and font files.
We can use yum or dnf to install kbd on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install kbd.
Install kbd on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install kbd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install kbd
Install kbd on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install kbd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install kbd
How To Uninstall kbd on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the kbd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove kbd
kbd Package Contents on CentOS 8
/bin/dumpkeys
/bin/kbd_mode
/bin/loadkeys
/bin/setfont
/bin/unicode_start
/bin/unicode_stop
/etc/pam.d/vlock
/usr/bin/chvt
/usr/bin/deallocvt
/usr/bin/fgconsole
/usr/bin/getkeycodes
/usr/bin/kbdinfo
/usr/bin/kbdrate
/usr/bin/loadunimap
/usr/bin/mapscrn
/usr/bin/open
/usr/bin/openvt
/usr/bin/psfaddtable
/usr/bin/psfgettable
/usr/bin/psfstriptable
/usr/bin/psfxtable
/usr/bin/resizecons
/usr/bin/setkeycodes
/usr/bin/setleds
/usr/bin/setmetamode
/usr/bin/setvtrgb
/usr/bin/showconsolefont
/usr/bin/showkey
/usr/bin/vlock
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/00
/usr/lib/.build-id/00/c6d93a89707aab91aee57213b6f233b6c0aad4
/usr/lib/.build-id/01
/usr/lib/.build-id/01/6413a07895439fb99357564c71a03b8e3db4c3
/usr/lib/.build-id/06
/usr/lib/.build-id/06/3a859e138ca137c9b902497b3589c32d29ffd4
/usr/lib/.build-id/34
/usr/lib/.build-id/34/b388471193cc26c5aaf6dfafc1fc9279fb880d
/usr/lib/.build-id/34/fcc5bc961c24c54fceba8e0726cb712a2a8598
/usr/lib/.build-id/3a
/usr/lib/.build-id/3a/76e6fedec7b93c29869cd0e6deb728c62ab0a8
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b/3935240e01c41881225b5527fd9d2487751260
/usr/lib/.build-id/53
/usr/lib/.build-id/53/a6f261c1b714214fbe830273f907aa6d9386cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a/ff9eab616bc5b6f6f92fa620d27e1f6ddfa879
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d/662a175e1bd81397bfb2f79093051a7126ebc8
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b/6b07046dcde72e6f8b6475a6a4fda3f8da17d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5/1515e622ab96ec51e24217a45474e237668a8b
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa/f97e7b1fffe04d87525a64fe5e813c200af53c
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad/8c7f76c4c4aa73331687cc6bdcd2506ccb5471
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4/deeac551d171c189a99c6dea8b1c3e46e1e4e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2/16be612ce4f99680bad7cc6aecedc3ecfe542c
/usr/lib/.build-id/db
/usr/lib/.build-id/db/72800ec520a8dd4a6727ad4dc567be06371cf2
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc/c6b2791b6043dc784a83b15a4825fb49565e01
/usr/lib/.build-id/e6
/usr/lib/.build-id/e6/dde05bffc6c0608286c2d691da682f6b616678
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed/50db1fb9b8a35fdc05f5073cc138bc13fa507f
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3/713af0fdecba5aa029bee516850454326ba215
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff/2dd05ddca806cbfb3f7af3a8eb1e608a95d05b
/usr/share/doc/kbd
/usr/share/doc/kbd/ANSI-dvorak.gif
/usr/share/doc/kbd/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/kbd/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/kbd/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/kbd/README
/usr/share/doc/kbd/dvorak-l.xmodmap
/usr/share/doc/kbd/dvorak-r.xmodmap
/usr/share/doc/kbd/dvorak.diffs
/usr/share/doc/kbd/dvorak.txt
/usr/share/doc/kbd/dvorak.xmodmap
/usr/share/doc/kbd/font-formats-1.html
/usr/share/doc/kbd/font-formats-2.html
/usr/share/doc/kbd/font-formats-3.html
/usr/share/doc/kbd/font-formats-4.html
/usr/share/doc/kbd/font-formats-5.html
/usr/share/doc/kbd/font-formats.html
/usr/share/doc/kbd/kbd.FAQ-1.html
/usr/share/doc/kbd/kbd.FAQ-10.html
/usr/share/doc/kbd/kbd.FAQ-11.html
/usr/share/doc/kbd/kbd.FAQ-12.html
/usr/share/doc/kbd/kbd.FAQ-13.html
/usr/share/doc/kbd/kbd.FAQ-14.html
/usr/share/doc/kbd/kbd.FAQ-15.html
/usr/share/doc/kbd/kbd.FAQ-16.html
/usr/share/doc/kbd/kbd.FAQ-17.html
/usr/share/doc/kbd/kbd.FAQ-18.html
/usr/share/doc/kbd/kbd.FAQ-19.html
/usr/share/doc/kbd/kbd.FAQ-2.html
/usr/share/doc/kbd/kbd.FAQ-20.html
/usr/share/doc/kbd/kbd.FAQ-21.html
/usr/share/doc/kbd/kbd.FAQ-22.html
/usr/share/doc/kbd/kbd.FAQ-23.html
/usr/share/doc/kbd/kbd.FAQ-3.html
/usr/share/doc/kbd/kbd.FAQ-4.html
/usr/share/doc/kbd/kbd.FAQ-5.html
/usr/share/doc/kbd/kbd.FAQ-6.html
/usr/share/doc/kbd/kbd.FAQ-7.html
/usr/share/doc/kbd/kbd.FAQ-8.html
/usr/share/doc/kbd/kbd.FAQ-9.html
/usr/share/doc/kbd/kbd.FAQ.html
/usr/share/doc/kbd/utfdemo
/usr/share/doc/kbd/utflist
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/kbd.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/kbd.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/kbd.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/kbd.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/kbd.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/kbd.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/kbd.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/kbd.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/kbd.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/kbd.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/kbd.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/kbd.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/kbd.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/kbd.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/kbd.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/kbd.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/kbd.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/kbd.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/chvt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/deallocvt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dumpkeys.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fgconsole.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/kbd_mode.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/kbdinfo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/loadkeys.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/open.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/openvt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/psfaddtable.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/psfgettable.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/psfstriptable.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/psfxtable.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/setleds.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/setmetamode.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/showkey.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/unicode_start.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/unicode_stop.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/vlock.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/keymaps.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/getkeycodes.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/kbdrate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/loadunimap.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/mapscrn.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/resizecons.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/setfont.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/setkeycodes.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/setvtrgb.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/showconsolefont.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kbd on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
