How To Install jack-keyboard on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install jack-keyboard in Fedora 36. jack-keyboard is Virtual keyboard for JACK MIDI

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install jack-keyboard on Fedora 36.

What is `jack-keyboard`

jack-keyboard is a virtual MIDI keyboard - a program that allows you to send JACK MIDI events using your PC keyboard. It is somewhat similar to vkeybd, except it uses JACK MIDI instead of ALSA, and the default keyboard mapping is much better - it uses the same layout as trackers (like Impulse Tracker) did, so you have two and half octaves under your fingers.

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

Install jack-keyboard 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 jack-keyboard using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install jack-keyboard

Install jack-keyboard 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 jack-keyboard using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install jack-keyboard

How To Uninstall jack-keyboard on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the jack-keyboard package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove jack-keyboard

jack-keyboard Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/jack-keyboard
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/47
/usr/lib/.build-id/47/e665acf37f0369918d1f96873b96b4a51dea5a
/usr/share/applications/jack-keyboard.desktop
/usr/share/doc/jack-keyboard
/usr/share/doc/jack-keyboard/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/jack-keyboard/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/jack-keyboard/README.md
/usr/share/doc/jack-keyboard/TODO
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/72x72/apps/jack-keyboard.png
/usr/share/licenses/jack-keyboard
/usr/share/licenses/jack-keyboard/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/jack-keyboard.1.gz

References

jack-keyboard website

Summary

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