How To Install xeyes on Fedora 34

xeyes is A follow the mouse X demo

Introduction

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

What is xeyes

xeyes displays a pair of eyes that follow the mouse cursor.

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

Install xeyes 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 xeyes using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xeyes

Install xeyes 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 xeyes using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xeyes

How To Uninstall xeyes on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove xeyes

xeyes Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/xeyes
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/25
/usr/lib/.build-id/25/00fa0554bde1931e4c80eba760ec995d8e2232
/usr/share/licenses/xeyes
/usr/share/licenses/xeyes/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/xeyes.1.gz

References

Summary

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