How To Install key-mon on Fedora 34

One-liner Install Command

If you are only interested in the installation command, here is a quick answer for you:

sudo yum makecache && sudo yum -y install key-mon

sudo dnf makecache && sudo dnf -y install key-mon

But if you are interested in the details with step-by-step instructions, the following information will be helpful.

What is key-mon and How to Install It?

First things first, you will need access to a server or computer running Fedora 34. This guide was written specifically with a server running Fedora 34 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install key-mon on Fedora 34. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install key-mon on Fedora 34 using dnf

First, update dnf packages database with dnf by running the next command:

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating database, You can install key-mon using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install key-mon

Install key-mon on Fedora 34 using yum

Because key-mon is available in Fedora 34’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the yum packaging system.

To begin, update local packages database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

Now can install key-mon package on your server/computer by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install key-mon

How to upgrade (update) a single package key-mon using yum?

To update all the packages available on the system:

yum update

If you want to update a specific package like key-mon in this example you should use the following command:

yum update key-mon

To downgrade a package to an earlier version:

yum downgrade key-mon

How to Upgrade key-mon on Fedora 34 with dnf?

When you run the dnf update, all system packages with available updates are updated. However, if you want to upgrade a single package, then you would have to pass the package name as the argument to the dnf update command.

dnf update key-mon

How To remove key-mon from Fedora 34

To uninstall only the key-mon package you can execute the following command:

sudo dnf remove key-mon

Extra info and code examples

key-mon shows on the desktop indicators of current keyboard and mouse status, and updates them live when you press keys or mouse buttons. It is very useful for teaching, live presentation and screencasts to show the user what keys/buttons you are pressing. Features include several different themes, scalability to any size, support for super key and mouse wheel, support for multiple mouses/keyboards.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install key-mon using dnf and yum package managers. Also, we showed how to update manually as a single package and different ways to uninstall the key-mon from Fedora 34.

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