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Install on Fedora.

Step-by-step installation guide for Fedora.

Tiny Pad for Fedora is published as an RPM package (.rpm) in the Tiny Pad repository. Add the repository once and dnf installs it and every later release, the same way it handles the rest of your system.

Add the Tiny Pad repository

The recommended way. Two commands, and updates arrive on their own afterwards.

Add the repository

Fetch the repository definition. It carries the address of the signing key, so there is nothing else to set up:

sudo curl -fsSLo /etc/yum.repos.d/tinypad.repo \ https://dl.tiny-pad.com/tinypad.repo

Install Tiny Pad

Install the package. On the first run dnf shows you the signing key’s fingerprint and asks you to accept it:

sudo dnf install tinypad-server

From now on dnf keeps Tiny Pad current along with the rest of your system: each new release arrives with sudo dnf upgrade. Every package and every index is signed, and dnf refuses anything that does not verify.

Start Tiny Pad

Launch the server from the terminal, or find Tiny Pad Server in your applications menu:

tinypad-server

Open Tiny Pad and click Add Device to show a pairing code, then scan it with the Tiny Pad app on your iPhone. On the very first launch, Tiny Pad asks for permission to create virtual input devices. Approve it with your password to finish setup.

Install a single release by hand

Use this if you would rather not add a repository. It installs one release and nothing more: Tiny Pad will not update itself, so you repeat these steps for each new version. Prefer to point and click? Fedora’s Software app opens a downloaded .rpm directly. No extra tools to install.

Download the package

This link always points at the newest release:

Download the .rpm

Find the downloaded package

Open Files and go to your Downloads folder. You should see the Tiny Pad .rpm you downloaded.

The Tiny Pad .rpm package shown in the Files app Downloads folder

Open it and click Install

Double-click the .rpm. It opens in the Software app as a Local file. Click Install. If Fedora offers to enable third-party repositories, you can safely click Ignore. The local file does not need them.

GNOME Software showing tinypad-server as a local file with an Install button

Authenticate

Enter your password to authorize the installation, then click Authenticate.

Authentication dialog asking for a password to install the software

Finish

The Software app installs Tiny Pad and its dependencies. When it is done, the button changes to Open.

GNOME Software showing Tiny Pad installed with an Open button

Start Tiny Pad

Launch Tiny Pad Server from the Software app or your applications menu. Click Add Device to pair your iPhone.

Tiny Pad Server showing the server name, a green power button and the No Devices Paired empty state

The server shows this computer’s name under Server Name, with a green power button beside it while the server is running. On the first launch it asks for permission to create virtual input devices. Approve it with your password.