How To Install xsel on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xsel
on Fedora 36.
What is xsel
XSel is a command line or script utility, similar to xclip, that can copy the primary and secondary X selection, or any highlighted text, to or from a file, stdin or stdout. It can also append to and delete the clipboard or buffer that you would paste with the middle mouse button.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install xsel
on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xsel.
Install xsel 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 xsel
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xsel
Install xsel 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 xsel
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xsel
How To Uninstall xsel on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the xsel
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xsel
xsel Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/bin/xsel
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/20
/usr/lib/.build-id/20/50cc0bed7c28e562915f2f03a3bce09cbd4355
/usr/share/doc/xsel
/usr/share/doc/xsel/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/xsel/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/xsel/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/xsel/README
/usr/share/man/man1/xsel.1x.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xsel
on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).