How To Install ydotool on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ydotool on Fedora 36.
What is ydotool
Performs some of the functions of xdotool(1) without requiring X11 - however, it generally requires root permission (to open /dev/uinput) NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE SEE Currently implemented command(s) - type - Type a string - key - Press keys - mousemove - Move mouse pointer to absolute position - click - Click on mouse buttons - recorder - Record/replay input events - sleep - sleep ms N.B. it is strongly recommended to start the ydotoold daemon with - systemctl enable ydotool - systemctl start ydotool
We can use yum or dnf to install ydotool on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ydotool.
Install ydotool 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 ydotool using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ydotool
Install ydotool 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 ydotool using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ydotool
How To Uninstall ydotool on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the ydotool package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ydotool
ydotool Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/bin/ydotool
/usr/bin/ydotoold
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a/d66bdb5edf1c0adaafde9eeb50d1d754df0c59
/usr/lib/.build-id/9e
/usr/lib/.build-id/9e/e5a0ea8422bdf99f409106effd061dcb27787f
/usr/lib/systemd/system/ydotool.service
/usr/share/doc/ydotool
/usr/share/doc/ydotool/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/ydotool
/usr/share/licenses/ydotool/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/ydotool.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ydotoold.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ydotool on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).