How To Install libxklavier on Fedora 34

libxklavier is High-level API for X Keyboard Extension High-level API for X Keyboard Extension

Introduction

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

What is `libxklavier`

libxklavier is a library providing a high-level API for the X Keyboard Extension (XKB). This library is intended to support XFree86 and other commercial X servers. It is useful for creating XKB-related software (layout indicators etc). libxklavier 5.4 18.fc34 x86_64 64 k libxklavier-5.4-18.fc34.src.rpm fedora High-level API for X Keyboard Extension http LGPLv2+ libxklavier is a library providing a high-level API for the X Keyboard Extension (XKB). This library is intended to support XFree86 and other commercial X servers. It is useful for creating XKB-related software (layout indicators etc).

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

Install libxklavier 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 libxklavier using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libxklavier

Install libxklavier 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 libxklavier using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libxklavier

How To Uninstall libxklavier on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libxklavier

libxklavier Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e/a12efa4b4ae98fe02b5032cfcbf69d40dd9b40
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/Xkl-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/libxklavier.so.16
/usr/lib64/libxklavier.so.16.4.0
/usr/share/doc/libxklavier
/usr/share/doc/libxklavier/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libxklavier/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/doc/libxklavier/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libxklavier/README
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6/d8e494bd85d1a2a4415f209266f1f73dc47b47
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/Xkl-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib/libxklavier.so.16
/usr/lib/libxklavier.so.16.4.0
/usr/share/doc/libxklavier
/usr/share/doc/libxklavier/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libxklavier/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/doc/libxklavier/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libxklavier/README

References

[libxklavier website](http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/LibXklavier http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/LibXklavier)

Summary

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