How To Install libfakekey on Fedora 34

libfakekey is Library for converting characters to X key-presses Library for converting characters to X key-presses

Introduction

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

What is libfakekey

libfakekey is a simple library for converting UTF-8 characters into ‘fake’ X key-presses. libfakekey 0.1 26.fc34 x86_64 19 k libfakekey-0.1-26.fc34.src.rpm fedora Library for converting characters to X key-presses http LGPLv2+ libfakekey is a simple library for converting UTF-8 characters into ‘fake’ X key-presses.

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

Install libfakekey 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 libfakekey using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libfakekey

Install libfakekey 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 libfakekey using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libfakekey

How To Uninstall libfakekey on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libfakekey

libfakekey Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1/bf2855762086cbef6f7e54bdfff18619ca85db
/usr/lib64/libfakekey.so.0
/usr/lib64/libfakekey.so.0.0.1
/usr/share/licenses/libfakekey
/usr/share/licenses/libfakekey/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc/7cccc2e2948af08dabaf1106ca6fe833712114
/usr/lib/libfakekey.so.0
/usr/lib/libfakekey.so.0.0.1
/usr/share/licenses/libfakekey
/usr/share/licenses/libfakekey/COPYING

References

Summary

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