How To Install onboard on Fedora 34
onboard is On-screen keyboard for TabletPC and mobility impaired users (Xorg only)
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install onboard on Fedora 34.
What is onboard
Onboard is an onscreen keyboard useful for everybody that cannot use a hardware keyboard; for example TabletPC users, mobility impaired users… It has been designed with simplicity in mind and can be used right away without the need of any configuration, as it can read the keyboard layout from the X server.
We can use yum or dnf to install onboard on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install onboard.
Install onboard 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 onboard using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install onboard
Install onboard 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 onboard using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install onboard
How To Uninstall onboard on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the onboard package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove onboard
onboard Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/onboard
/usr/bin/onboard-settings
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/91
/usr/lib/.build-id/91/52da0b3f0b339b6bb676e17ec7cfd38f9b226b
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb/dbe9e3d48e71140463fb90957890303cc1b5a8
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/Onboard
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/Onboard/Appearance.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/Onboard/AtspiStateTracker.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/Onboard/AutoHide.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/Onboard/AutoShow.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/Onboard/ClickSimulator.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/Onboard/Config.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/Onboard/ConfigUtils.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/Onboard/DBusUtils.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/Onboard/Exceptions.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/Onboard/GlobalKeyListener.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/Onboard/HardwareSensorTracker.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/Onboard/IconPalette.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/Onboard/Indicator.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/Onboard/KbdWindow.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/Onboard/KeyCommon.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/Onboard/KeyGtk.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/Onboard/Keyboard.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/Onboard/KeyboardPopups.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/Onboard/KeyboardWidget.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/Onboard/LanguageSupport.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/Onboard/Layout.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/Onboard/LayoutLoaderSVG.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/Onboard/LayoutView.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/Onboard/OnboardGtk.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/Onboard/Scanner.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/Onboard/SnippetView.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/Onboard/Sound.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/Onboard/SpellChecker.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/Onboard/TextChanges.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/Onboard/TextContext.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/Onboard/TextDomain.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/Onboard/Timer.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/Onboard/TouchHandles.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/Onboard/TouchInput.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/Onboard/UDevTracker.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/Onboard/Version.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/Onboard/WPEngine.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/Onboard/WindowUtils.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/Onboard/WordSuggestions.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/Onboard/XInput.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/Onboard/__init__.py
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References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install onboard on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.