How To Install xmag on Fedora 34

xmag is Display a magnified snapshot of an X11 screen

Introduction

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

What is xmag

xmag displays a magnified snapshot of a portion of an X11 screen.

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

Install xmag 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 xmag using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xmag

Install xmag 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 xmag using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xmag

How To Uninstall xmag on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove xmag

xmag Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/xmag
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/94
/usr/lib/.build-id/94/b3f7c116861881c081c10b0869ab24a28faa10
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/Xmag
/usr/share/licenses/xmag
/usr/share/licenses/xmag/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/xmag.1.gz

References

Summary

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