How To Install xkeycaps on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xkeycaps on Fedora 34.
What is xkeycaps
xkeycaps is a graphical front-end to xmodmap. It opens a window that looks like a keyboard; moving the mouse over a key shows what KeySyms and Modifier bits that key generates. Clicking on a key simulates KeyPress/KeyRelease events on the window of your choice. It is possible to change the KeySyms and Modifiers generated by a key through a mouse-based interface. This program can also write an input file for xmodmap to recreate your changes in future sessions.
We can use yum or dnf to install xkeycaps on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xkeycaps.
Install xkeycaps 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 xkeycaps using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xkeycaps
Install xkeycaps 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 xkeycaps using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xkeycaps
How To Uninstall xkeycaps on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the xkeycaps package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xkeycaps
xkeycaps Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/xkeycaps
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7/a5c86be8255902769c4a8cf7262d5467ea8f91
/usr/share/applications/xkeycaps.desktop
/usr/share/doc/xkeycaps
/usr/share/doc/xkeycaps/README
/usr/share/doc/xkeycaps/sgi-microsoft.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/xkeycaps.man.gz
/usr/share/pixmaps/xkeycaps.png
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xkeycaps on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.