How To Install kvkbd on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install kvkbd in Fedora 36. kvkbd is Virtual keyboard for KDE

Introduction

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

What is kvkbd

Kvkbd is a virtual keyboard for KDE, it contains many feature like system tray and dock support, autodetection and on the fly change of the keyboard layout, scripting with DBus, etc.

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

Install kvkbd 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 kvkbd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kvkbd

Install kvkbd 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 kvkbd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kvkbd

How To Uninstall kvkbd on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove kvkbd

kvkbd Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/kvkbd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/83
/usr/lib/.build-id/83/2c5d053c51996be832dc1c1033ed236d4e3a52
/usr/share/applications/kvkbd.desktop
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kvkbd
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kvkbd/common
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kvkbd/config-menu.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kvkbd/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kvkbd/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kvkbd/kvkbd.png
/usr/share/doc/kvkbd
/usr/share/doc/kvkbd/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/kvkbd/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/kvkbd/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/kvkbd/README
/usr/share/doc/kvkbd/TODO
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kvkbd
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kvkbd/pics
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kvkbd/pics/dock.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kvkbd/pics/tray.png

References

Summary

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