How To Install mx5000tools on Fedora 34

mx5000tools is Tools for the MX5000 series keyboard Tools for the MX5000 series keyboard

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mx5000tools on Fedora 34.

What is `mx5000tools`

mx5000tools are tools to control the extra features on the Logitech MX 5000 Bluetooth cordless keyboard. mx5000tools 0.1.2 8.20190613gitc575ea3.fc34 x86_64 34 k mx5000tools-0.1.2-8.20190613gitc575ea3.fc34.src.rpm fedora Tools for the MX5000 series keyboard https GPLv2+ mx5000tools are tools to control the extra features on the Logitech MX 5000 Bluetooth cordless keyboard.

We can use yum or dnf to install mx5000tools on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mx5000tools.

Install mx5000tools 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 mx5000tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mx5000tools

Install mx5000tools 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 mx5000tools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mx5000tools

How To Uninstall mx5000tools on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the mx5000tools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mx5000tools

mx5000tools Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/mx5000-tool
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/28edbb77c3f1e8bc12af5b79f4c97aef22466c
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1/f8e775f640e0304173478a0adc71952c34f7b9
/usr/lib/libmx5000.so.0
/usr/lib/libmx5000.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/90-mx5000tools.rules
/usr/share/doc/mx5000tools
/usr/share/doc/mx5000tools/README
/usr/share/licenses/mx5000tools
/usr/share/licenses/mx5000tools/COPYING
/usr/bin/mx5000-tool
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/72
/usr/lib/.build-id/72/5243a89e8328a7aa3e1866663b6b4ffd88869e
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2/3fa539156cf48ab9058d8f6d90bf04cf655a2a
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/90-mx5000tools.rules
/usr/lib64/libmx5000.so.0
/usr/lib64/libmx5000.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/mx5000tools
/usr/share/doc/mx5000tools/README
/usr/share/licenses/mx5000tools
/usr/share/licenses/mx5000tools/COPYING

References

[mx5000tools website](https://github.com/jwrdegoede/mx5000tools https://github.com/jwrdegoede/mx5000tools)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mx5000tools on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.