How To Install conspy on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install conspy in Fedora 36. conspy is Remote control for text mode virtual consoles

Introduction

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

What is conspy

Conspy allows a (possibly remote) user to see what is displayed on a Linux virtual console, and send keystrokes to it. It is rather like VNC, but where VNC takes control of a GUI conspy takes control of a text mode virtual console. Unlike VNC, conspy does not require a server to be installed prior to being used.

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

Install conspy 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 conspy using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install conspy

Install conspy 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 conspy using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install conspy

How To Uninstall conspy on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove conspy

conspy Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/conspy
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0/910a9e27f504af7c4ab94d84252ba66f779de8
/usr/share/doc/conspy
/usr/share/doc/conspy/ChangeLog.txt
/usr/share/doc/conspy/README.txt
/usr/share/doc/conspy/conspy.html
/usr/share/licenses/conspy
/usr/share/licenses/conspy/agpl-3.0.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/conspy.1.gz

References

Summary

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