How To Install xkeycaps on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xkeycaps
on Fedora 36.
What is xkeycaps
xkeycaps is a graphical front-end to xmodmap. It opens a window that looks like a keyboard; moving the mouse over a key shows what KeySyms and Modifier bits that key generates. Clicking on a key simulates KeyPress/KeyRelease events on the window of your choice. It is possible to change the KeySyms and Modifiers generated by a key through a mouse-based interface. This program can also write an input file for xmodmap to recreate your changes in future sessions.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install xkeycaps
on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xkeycaps.
Install xkeycaps 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 xkeycaps
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xkeycaps
Install xkeycaps 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 xkeycaps
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xkeycaps
How To Uninstall xkeycaps on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the xkeycaps
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xkeycaps
xkeycaps Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/bin/xkeycaps
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2/2c6c42653903acf1b403d056d193cad956e62b
/usr/share/applications/xkeycaps.desktop
/usr/share/doc/xkeycaps
/usr/share/doc/xkeycaps/README
/usr/share/doc/xkeycaps/sgi-microsoft.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/xkeycaps.man.gz
/usr/share/pixmaps/xkeycaps.png
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xkeycaps
on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).