How To Install xpa on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install xpa in Fedora 36. xpa is The X Public Access messaging system

Introduction

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

What is `xpa`

The XPA messaging system provides seamless communication between many kinds of Unix programs, including X programs and Tcl/Tk programs. It also provides an easy way for users to communicate with these XPA-enabled programs by executing XPA client commands in the shell or by utilizing such commands in scripts. This package contains command-line utilities for managing XPA.

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

Install xpa 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 xpa using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xpa

Install xpa 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 xpa using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xpa

How To Uninstall xpa on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove xpa

xpa Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/xpaaccess
/usr/bin/xpaget
/usr/bin/xpainfo
/usr/bin/xpamb
/usr/bin/xpans
/usr/bin/xpaset
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/61
/usr/lib/.build-id/61/813c8589ee84201f318336df6664faa530f734
/usr/lib/.build-id/75
/usr/lib/.build-id/75/97251e5e14d5aec4ecddfb3a39053f6633c5fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/87
/usr/lib/.build-id/87/ed781064ea9dcedc141893d77fc46392d77ce4
/usr/lib/.build-id/88
/usr/lib/.build-id/88/798e45981a5d24a7f16754da0ed71030540f43
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa/b5a8beec1413120d2c99dc0009dfa8efc8000a
/usr/lib/.build-id/da
/usr/lib/.build-id/da/e62bf68458c9d52cf9d7a701696ca1165ba9fe
/usr/share/man/man1/xpaaccess.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xpachanges.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xpaget.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xpainfo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xpamb.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xpans.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xpaset.1.gz
/usr/share/xpa
/usr/share/xpa/xpa4.index
/usr/share/xpa/xpa4.index.prop
/usr/share/xpa/xpa4.index.version
/usr/share/xpa/xpa8.index
/usr/share/xpa/xpa8.index.prop
/usr/share/xpa/xpa8.index.version

References

xpa website

Summary

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