How To Install xclipboard on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xclipboard on Fedora 34.
What is xclipboard
xclipboard is used to collect and display text selections that are sent to the CLIPBOARD by other clients. It is typically used to save CLIPBOARD selections for later use. It stores each CLIPBOARD selection as a separate string, each of which can be selected.
We can use yum or dnf to install xclipboard on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xclipboard.
Install xclipboard 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 xclipboard using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xclipboard
Install xclipboard 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 xclipboard using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xclipboard
How To Uninstall xclipboard on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the xclipboard package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xclipboard
xclipboard Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/xclipboard
/usr/bin/xcutsel
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/90
/usr/lib/.build-id/90/73202d9b2690215a34092e76a0a88aff32280d
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7/e4c839946b4a244ec2eb5a2c6345a2b336ad33
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XClipboard
/usr/share/licenses/xclipboard
/usr/share/licenses/xclipboard/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/xclipboard.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xcutsel.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xclipboard on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.
