How To Install vkeybd on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install vkeybd in Fedora 36. vkeybd is Virtual MIDI keyboard

Introduction

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

What is `vkeybd`

This is a virtual keyboard for AWE, MIDI and ALSA drivers. It’s a simple fake of a MIDI keyboard on X-windows system. Enjoy a music with your mouse and “computer” keyboard

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

Install vkeybd 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 vkeybd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install vkeybd

Install vkeybd 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 vkeybd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vkeybd

How To Uninstall vkeybd on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove vkeybd

vkeybd Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/sftovkb
/usr/bin/vkeybd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e/4bc524e3d4564399da8e84a57d6690f7ac542b
/usr/lib/.build-id/df
/usr/lib/.build-id/df/5e7e0c8c6863711c5a1e40930a2388996efa16
/usr/share/applications/vkeybd.desktop
/usr/share/doc/vkeybd
/usr/share/doc/vkeybd/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/vkeybd/README
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/vkeybd.png
/usr/share/man/man1/vkeybd.1.gz
/usr/share/vkeybd
/usr/share/vkeybd/vkeybd.list
/usr/share/vkeybd/vkeybd.tcl
/usr/share/vkeybd/vkeybdmap
/usr/share/vkeybd/vkeybdmap-de
/usr/share/vkeybd/vkeybdmap-es
/usr/share/vkeybd/vkeybdmap-fr

References

vkeybd website

Summary

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