How To Install kbd on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kbd on CentOS 7.
What is kbd
The kbd package contains tools for managing a Linux system’s console’s behavior, including the keyboard, the screen fonts, the virtual terminals and font files.
We can use yum or dnf to install kbd on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install kbd.
Install kbd on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install kbd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install kbd
Install kbd 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 kbd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install kbd
How To Uninstall kbd on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the kbd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove kbd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kbd on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
