How To Install configsnap on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install configsnap in Fedora 36. configsnap is Record and compare system state

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install configsnap on Fedora 36.

What is configsnap

configsnap records important system state information and can optionally compare with a previous state and identify changes

We can use yum or dnf to install configsnap on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install configsnap.

Install configsnap on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install configsnap using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install configsnap

Install configsnap on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install configsnap using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install configsnap

How To Uninstall configsnap on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the configsnap package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove configsnap

configsnap Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/configsnap
/etc/configsnap/additional.conf
/usr/sbin/configsnap
/usr/share/doc/configsnap
/usr/share/doc/configsnap/MAINTAINERS.md
/usr/share/doc/configsnap/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/configsnap/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/configsnap
/usr/share/licenses/configsnap/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/configsnap.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install configsnap on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).