How To Install xvkbd on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xvkbd
on Fedora 36.
What is xvkbd
xvkbd is a virtual (graphical) keyboard program for X Window System which provides facility to enter characters onto other clients (software) by clicking on a keyboard displayed on the screen. This may be used for systems without a hardware keyboard such as kiosk terminals or hand-held devices. This program also has facility to send characters specified as the command line option to another client.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install xvkbd
on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xvkbd.
Install xvkbd 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 xvkbd
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xvkbd
Install xvkbd 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 xvkbd
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xvkbd
How To Uninstall xvkbd on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the xvkbd
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xvkbd
xvkbd Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/bin/xvkbd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/29
/usr/lib/.build-id/29/6e4796d8595d6cfc57c2a11bb026d3d511a923
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-belgian
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-common
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-danish
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-fitaly
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-french
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-french2
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-german
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-greek
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-hebrew
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-icelandic
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-italian
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-jisx6002
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-jisx6004
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-korean
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-latin1
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-norwegian
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-portuguese
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-russian
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-slovene
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-small
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-spanish
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-strip
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-swedish
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-swissgerman
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-turkish
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-turkishF
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVkbd-uk
/usr/share/X11/words.english
/usr/share/applications/xvkbd.desktop
/usr/share/doc/xvkbd
/usr/share/doc/xvkbd/README
/usr/share/man/man1/xvkbd.1x.gz
/usr/share/pixmaps/xvkbd.png
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xvkbd
on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).