How To Install superkb on Fedora 34

superkb is Graphical application launcher for Linux

Introduction

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

What is superkb

Graphical application launcher for Linux. It works by activating upon a hot key press, usually Super_L or Super_R. On activation it shows a keyboard on screen with the keys and its corresponding actions

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

Install superkb 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 superkb using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install superkb

Install superkb 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 superkb using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install superkb

How To Uninstall superkb on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove superkb

superkb Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/superkb
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c/55427cbd338419ac9868efa8ddd7b98af05d2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c/67066d7815e4742745103263fd23f4010706f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/39
/usr/lib/.build-id/39/5287a399333cd3e13d57aaf11b4e7003b9cc4c
/usr/lib/.build-id/52
/usr/lib/.build-id/52/c5572c9e27633d94ddf264fb7dd50faccbef93
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6/0a97806d7d1111b4bf4a68e32d0a6cb5da28d8
/usr/lib64/superkb
/usr/lib64/superkb/drawkblibs-cairo.so
/usr/lib64/superkb/drawkblibs-xlib.so
/usr/lib64/superkb/puticon-gdkpixbuf.so
/usr/lib64/superkb/puticon-imlib2.so
/usr/share/doc/superkb
/usr/share/doc/superkb/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/superkb.1.gz

References

Summary

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