How To Install xorg-x11-drv-fbturbo on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-drv-fbturbo in Fedora 36. xorg-x11-drv-fbturbo is Xorg X11 fbturbo driver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-drv-fbturbo on Fedora 36.

What is `xorg-x11-drv-fbturbo`

Xorg DDX driver for ARM devices (Allwinner, RPi and others), it’s based on the fbdev driver so will work in all places it does but has NEON optimised code paths to improve ARM

We can use yum or dnf to install xorg-x11-drv-fbturbo on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xorg-x11-drv-fbturbo.

Install xorg-x11-drv-fbturbo 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 xorg-x11-drv-fbturbo using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xorg-x11-drv-fbturbo

Install xorg-x11-drv-fbturbo 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 xorg-x11-drv-fbturbo using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xorg-x11-drv-fbturbo

How To Uninstall xorg-x11-drv-fbturbo on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the xorg-x11-drv-fbturbo package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xorg-x11-drv-fbturbo

xorg-x11-drv-fbturbo Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9/5ca1bdbaf43810677f09f0a9336983098a686a
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/fbturbo_drv.so
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-drv-fbturbo
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-drv-fbturbo/README
/usr/share/licenses/xorg-x11-drv-fbturbo
/usr/share/licenses/xorg-x11-drv-fbturbo/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man4/fbturbo.4.gz

References

xorg-x11-drv-fbturbo website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-drv-fbturbo on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).