How To Install xvkbd on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xvkbd on Fedora 34.
What is xvkbd
xvkbd is a virtual (graphical) keyboard program for X Window System which provides facility to enter characters onto other clients (software) by clicking on a keyboard displayed on the screen. This may be used for systems without a hardware keyboard such as kiosk terminals or hand-held devices. This program also has facility to send characters specified as the command line option to another client.
We can use yum or dnf to install xvkbd on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xvkbd.
Install xvkbd 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 xvkbd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xvkbd
Install xvkbd 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 xvkbd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xvkbd
How To Uninstall xvkbd on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the xvkbd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xvkbd
xvkbd Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/xvkbd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce/87cc541dac5de806659b5a99015be2d630e5dd
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-belgian
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-common
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-danish
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-fitaly
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-french
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-french2
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-german
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-greek
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-hebrew
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-icelandic
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-italian
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-jisx6002
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-jisx6004
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-korean
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-latin1
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-norwegian
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-portuguese
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-russian
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-slovene
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-small
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-spanish
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-strip
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-swedish
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-swissgerman
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-turkish
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-turkishF
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-uk
/usr/share/X11/words.english
/usr/share/applications/xvkbd.desktop
/usr/share/doc/xvkbd
/usr/share/doc/xvkbd/README
/usr/share/man/man1/xvkbd.1x.gz
/usr/share/pixmaps/xvkbd.png
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xvkbd on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.