How To Install xwd on Fedora 34

xwd is Dump an X window to file

Introduction

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

What is `xwd`

Xwd is an X Window System window dumping utility. Xwd allows X users to store window images in a specially formatted dump file. This file can then be read by various other X utilities for redisplay, printing, editing, formatting, archiving, image processing, etc.

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

Install xwd 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 xwd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xwd

Install xwd 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 xwd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xwd

How To Uninstall xwd on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove xwd

xwd Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/xwd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a/526e3097fa2c7f2b613d5957acce6b15836473
/usr/share/licenses/xwd
/usr/share/licenses/xwd/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/xwd.1.gz

References

xwd website

Summary

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