How To Install hidrd on Fedora 34

hidrd is HID report descriptor I/O library and conversion tool HID report descriptor I/O library and conversion tool

Introduction

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

What is `hidrd`

Hidrd is a library and a tool for reading, writing and converting HID report descriptors in/between various formats. hidrd 0.2.0 14.20180117git7e94881a.fc34 x86_64 117 k hidrd-0.2.0-14.20180117git7e94881a.fc34.src.rpm fedora HID report descriptor I/O library and conversion tool https GPLv2+ Hidrd is a library and a tool for reading, writing and converting HID report descriptors in/between various formats.

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

Install hidrd 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 hidrd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install hidrd

Install hidrd 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 hidrd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install hidrd

How To Uninstall hidrd on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove hidrd

hidrd Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/hidrd-convert
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f/835c573870ac96330a523eaef04362d849770a
/usr/lib/.build-id/21
/usr/lib/.build-id/21/ef15bf83f41bccacdad892ab4a0f8c9a7a4676
/usr/lib/.build-id/5c
/usr/lib/.build-id/5c/760b7163335e29496134be285f7076b2796f35
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a/1979f51bdd156aa6caebf082ae29def9af66f9
/usr/lib/.build-id/9e
/usr/lib/.build-id/9e/788f82d5fdca58424b7ce7d5b9c9a8d398bcbb
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca/51fe90113ac40efc5097274587c326cb21cd7f
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd/81d60360ce7a56d681b82e4785dc06bcaa950f
/usr/lib64/libhidrd_fmt.so.0
/usr/lib64/libhidrd_fmt.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libhidrd_item.so.0
/usr/lib64/libhidrd_item.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libhidrd_opt.so.0
/usr/lib64/libhidrd_opt.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libhidrd_strm.so.0
/usr/lib64/libhidrd_strm.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libhidrd_usage.so.0
/usr/lib64/libhidrd_usage.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libhidrd_util.so.0
/usr/lib64/libhidrd_util.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/hidrd
/usr/share/doc/hidrd/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/hidrd/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/hidrd
/usr/share/licenses/hidrd/COPYING
/usr/share/xml
/usr/share/xml/schema
/usr/share/xml/schema/hidrd.xsd
/usr/bin/hidrd-convert
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/33
/usr/lib/.build-id/33/7c3731c13deccce774277d78eb67be55fc93a4
/usr/lib/.build-id/3a
/usr/lib/.build-id/3a/84b1df4379e792d7b410e43ecf943ed15def4e
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d/dacb408ef943386152e9c238f25a0f8b48cd46
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f/c18c6eca873ffc5f43d8256401004374c054b2
/usr/lib/.build-id/93
/usr/lib/.build-id/93/ac5a5460c7989be1b8babe26a2f459142663bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/98
/usr/lib/.build-id/98/d106d229c93ef697f9dcf43fc9d0cef71d56d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4/c4c9a8b682a3b8f95c1fa822a8e588580f97ce
/usr/lib/libhidrd_fmt.so.0
/usr/lib/libhidrd_fmt.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/libhidrd_item.so.0
/usr/lib/libhidrd_item.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/libhidrd_opt.so.0
/usr/lib/libhidrd_opt.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/libhidrd_strm.so.0
/usr/lib/libhidrd_strm.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/libhidrd_usage.so.0
/usr/lib/libhidrd_usage.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/libhidrd_util.so.0
/usr/lib/libhidrd_util.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/hidrd
/usr/share/doc/hidrd/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/hidrd/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/hidrd
/usr/share/licenses/hidrd/COPYING
/usr/share/xml
/usr/share/xml/schema
/usr/share/xml/schema/hidrd.xsd

References

[hidrd website](https://github.com/DIGImend/hidrd https://github.com/DIGImend/hidrd)

Summary

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