How To Install ddcutil on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ddcutil
on Fedora 34.
What is ddcutil
Query and change monitor settings ddcutil communicates with monitors implementing MCCS (Monitor Control Command Set), using either the DDC/CI protocol on the I2C bus or as a Human Interface Device on USB. In general, anything that can be controlled using a monitor’s on-screen display can be controlled by this program. Examples include changing a monitor’s input source and adjusting its brightness.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install ddcutil
on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ddcutil.
Install ddcutil on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install ddcutil
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ddcutil
Install ddcutil on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install ddcutil
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ddcutil
How To Uninstall ddcutil on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the ddcutil
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ddcutil
ddcutil Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/ddcutil
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b/b54dd859100f3b82913ac3cab7fd220487f99d
/usr/share/ddcutil
/usr/share/ddcutil/data
/usr/share/ddcutil/data/45-ddcutil-i2c.rules
/usr/share/ddcutil/data/45-ddcutil-usb.rules
/usr/share/ddcutil/data/90-nvidia-i2c.conf
/usr/share/doc/ddcutil
/usr/share/doc/ddcutil/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/ddcutil/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/ddcutil/NEWS.md
/usr/share/doc/ddcutil/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/ddcutil
/usr/share/licenses/ddcutil/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/ddcutil.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ddcutil
on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.