How To Install linuxconsoletools on Fedora 34

linuxconsoletools is Tools for connecting joysticks & legacy devices to the kernel’s input subsystem

Introduction

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

What is linuxconsoletools

This package contains utilities for testing and configuring joysticks, connecting legacy devices to the kernel’s input subsystem (providing support for serial mice, touchscreens etc.), and test the input event layer.

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

Install linuxconsoletools 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 linuxconsoletools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install linuxconsoletools

Install linuxconsoletools 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 linuxconsoletools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install linuxconsoletools

How To Uninstall linuxconsoletools on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove linuxconsoletools

linuxconsoletools Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/evdev-joystick
/usr/bin/ffcfstress
/usr/bin/ffmvforce
/usr/bin/ffset
/usr/bin/fftest
/usr/bin/inputattach
/usr/bin/jscal
/usr/bin/jscal-restore
/usr/bin/jscal-store
/usr/bin/jstest
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e/a7b705907acb2e089a88d15e1562702c6e5acd
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c/82780107358897092bdb01afd3938efd4e3bec
/usr/lib/.build-id/72
/usr/lib/.build-id/72/d6b76b9ff203441de347ccab86419e4e2f80a4
/usr/lib/.build-id/88
/usr/lib/.build-id/88/f67e506fe6445a9c1c9cbbf33878367f5af81a
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5/cb950ef932951de1d74548a83ab0078c0c824d
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1/18eb43ae0f6dca36b05ea027c877fc0ecd4803
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/9e388dcb3bda47f63a987e497f84ebb6543f72
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7/0ae7193e5eda3ee86b34c01e35ee648dd15717
/usr/lib/udev/js-set-enum-leds
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/80-stelladaptor-joystick.rules
/usr/libexec/joystick
/usr/libexec/joystick/extract
/usr/libexec/joystick/filter
/usr/libexec/joystick/ident
/usr/share/doc/linuxconsoletools
/usr/share/doc/linuxconsoletools/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/linuxconsoletools/README
/usr/share/licenses/linuxconsoletools
/usr/share/licenses/linuxconsoletools/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/evdev-joystick.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ffcfstress.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ffmvforce.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ffset.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fftest.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/inputattach.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/jscal-restore.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/jscal-store.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/jscal.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/jstest.1.gz

References

Summary

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