How To Install ntpcheck on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ntpcheck in Fedora 36. ntpcheck is CLI to perform various NTP-related tasks

Introduction

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

What is `ntpcheck`

ntpcheck is a CLI to perform various NTP-related tasks - replacement for ntptime and ntpdate commands - human-readable diagnostics for typical problems with NTP based on data from chrony/ntpd - server stats and peer stats taken from chrony/ntpd with output in JSON

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

Install ntpcheck 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 ntpcheck using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ntpcheck

Install ntpcheck 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 ntpcheck using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ntpcheck

How To Uninstall ntpcheck on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove ntpcheck

ntpcheck Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/ntpcheck
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/01
/usr/lib/.build-id/01/339f04ca78a1614e3728d4d17f5bb646af0cb6
/usr/share/doc/ntpcheck
/usr/share/doc/ntpcheck/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/ntpcheck
/usr/share/licenses/ntpcheck/LICENSE

References

ntpcheck website

Summary

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