How To Install consolation on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install consolation in Fedora 36. consolation is Copy-paste for the Linux console

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install consolation on Fedora 36.

What is consolation

Consolation is a daemon that provide copy-paste and scrolling support to the Linux console. It is based on the libinput library and supports all pointer devices and settings provided by this library, Similar software include gpm and jamd.

We can use yum or dnf to install consolation on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install consolation.

Install consolation on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install consolation using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install consolation

Install consolation on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install consolation using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install consolation

How To Uninstall consolation on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove consolation

consolation Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/86
/usr/lib/.build-id/86/be928461aa39d7fced5c5676037cae03f36a8c
/usr/lib/systemd/system/consolation.service
/usr/sbin/consolation
/usr/share/doc/consolation
/usr/share/doc/consolation/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/consolation/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/consolation/README
/usr/share/licenses/consolation
/usr/share/licenses/consolation/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man8/consolation.8.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install consolation on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).