How To Install hid-replay on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install hid-replay in Fedora 36. hid-replay is HID Input device recorder and replay

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hid-replay on Fedora 36.

What is `hid-replay`

hid-replay is a tool that allow users to capture hidraw description and events in order to replay them through the uhid kernel module.

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

Install hid-replay 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 hid-replay using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install hid-replay

Install hid-replay 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 hid-replay using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install hid-replay

How To Uninstall hid-replay on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the hid-replay package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove hid-replay

hid-replay Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/hid-recorder
/usr/bin/hid-replay
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/09
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/0103cee0727f3bc5e1fca2078e65e862db0e6f
/usr/lib/.build-id/35
/usr/lib/.build-id/35/8ecf7af66b6f3f03910a165003cd8e73d64a94
/usr/share/doc/hid-replay
/usr/share/doc/hid-replay/README
/usr/share/licenses/hid-replay
/usr/share/licenses/hid-replay/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/hid-recorder.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/hid-replay.1.gz

References

hid-replay website

Summary

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