How To Install btkbdd on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install btkbdd on CentOS 7.
What is btkbdd
This tool starts a Bluetooth HID Keyboard service, serving keystrokes obtained via Linux Input subsystem’s event device (evdev). In practical terms, it turns your Linux box with a physical keyboard into a Bluetooth keyboard, which can be used by various Bluetooth HID capable devices, including desktop or tablet computers, smart phones, game consoles and so on.
We can use yum or dnf to install btkbdd on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install btkbdd.
Install btkbdd on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install btkbdd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install btkbdd
Install btkbdd on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install btkbdd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install btkbdd
How To Uninstall btkbdd on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the btkbdd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove btkbdd
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install btkbdd on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.