How To Install xosd on Fedora 34

xosd is On-screen display library for X On-screen display library for X

Introduction

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

What is xosd

XOSD displays text on your screen, sounds simple right? The difference is it is unmanaged and shaped, so it appears transparent. This gives the effect of an On Screen Display, like your TV/VCR etc. xosd 2.2.14 35.fc34 x86_64 42 k xosd-2.2.14-35.fc34.src.rpm fedora On-screen display library for X https GPLv2+ XOSD displays text on your screen, sounds simple right? The difference is it is unmanaged and shaped, so it appears transparent. This gives the effect of an On Screen Display, like your TV/VCR etc.

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

Install xosd 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 xosd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xosd

Install xosd 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 xosd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xosd

How To Uninstall xosd on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove xosd

xosd Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/osd_cat
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/08
/usr/lib/.build-id/08/d6ad00b84ab4bf59f4aa85234ef732beb2eae7
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6/c736116a288c1b808d49ec762686b217d61af8
/usr/lib/libxosd.so.2
/usr/lib/libxosd.so.2.2.14
/usr/share/doc/xosd
/usr/share/doc/xosd/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/xosd/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/xosd/README
/usr/share/doc/xosd/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/xosd
/usr/share/licenses/xosd/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/osd_cat.1.gz
/usr/bin/osd_cat
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b/5aad98f11d9dd41197ec8afffe9da058ea8a87
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a/63ea730410280a2209f8060d8b255512e25d0c
/usr/lib64/libxosd.so.2
/usr/lib64/libxosd.so.2.2.14
/usr/share/doc/xosd
/usr/share/doc/xosd/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/xosd/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/xosd/README
/usr/share/doc/xosd/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/xosd
/usr/share/licenses/xosd/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/osd_cat.1.gz

References

Summary

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