How To Install xbindkeys on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xbindkeys on Fedora 34.
What is xbindkeys
xbindkeys is a program that allows you to launch shell commands with your keyboard or mouse under X. It links commands to keys or mouse buttons using a simple configuration file, and is independent of the window manager.
We can use yum or dnf to install xbindkeys on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xbindkeys.
Install xbindkeys 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 xbindkeys using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xbindkeys
Install xbindkeys 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 xbindkeys using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xbindkeys
How To Uninstall xbindkeys on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the xbindkeys package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xbindkeys
xbindkeys Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/xbindkeys
/usr/bin/xbindkeys_show
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/34
/usr/lib/.build-id/34/27718f4ea758ed02deaa1fef3aef356c5d3c55
/usr/share/doc/xbindkeys
/usr/share/doc/xbindkeys/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/xbindkeys/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/xbindkeys/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/xbindkeys/README
/usr/share/doc/xbindkeys/xbindkeysrc
/usr/share/doc/xbindkeys/xbindkeysrc-combo.scm
/usr/share/doc/xbindkeys/xbindkeysrc.scm
/usr/share/licenses/xbindkeys
/usr/share/licenses/xbindkeys/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/xbindkeys.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xbindkeys_show.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xbindkeys on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.
