How To Install byzanz on Fedora 34

byzanz is A desktop recorder

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install byzanz on Fedora 34.

What is `byzanz`

Byzanz is a desktop recorder striving for ease of use. It can record to GIF images, Ogg Theora video - optionally with sound - and other formats. A command-line recording tool is included.

We can use yum or dnf to install byzanz on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install byzanz.

Install byzanz on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install byzanz using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install byzanz

Install byzanz on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install byzanz using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install byzanz

How To Uninstall byzanz on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove byzanz

byzanz Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/byzanz-playback
/usr/bin/byzanz-record
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f/434cfbed34388e148f956ab041842849391ea1
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe/3f06483aa68b2071d4862756b043b82ae07fba
/usr/share/doc/byzanz
/usr/share/doc/byzanz/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/byzanz/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/byzanz/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/byzanz/NEWS
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/byzanz-record-area.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/byzanz-record-desktop.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/byzanz-record-window.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/byzanz-record-area.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/byzanz-record-desktop.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/byzanz-record-window.svg
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/byzanz.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/byzanz.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/byzanz.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/byzanz.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/byzanz.mo
/usr/share/locale/dz/LC_MESSAGES/byzanz.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/byzanz.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/byzanz.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/byzanz.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/byzanz.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/byzanz.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/byzanz.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/byzanz.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/byzanz.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/byzanz.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/byzanz.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/byzanz.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/byzanz.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/byzanz.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/byzanz.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/byzanz.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/byzanz.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/byzanz.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/byzanz.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/byzanz.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/byzanz.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/byzanz.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/byzanz.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/byzanz.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/byzanz.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/byzanz.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/byzanz-playback.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byzanz-record.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byzanz.1.gz

References

byzanz website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install byzanz on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.