How To Install nvdtools on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvdtools in Fedora 36. nvdtools is A collection of tools for working with National Vulnerability Database feeds

Introduction

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

What is nvdtools

A set of tools to work with the feeds (vulnerabilities, CPE dictionary etc.) distributed by National Vulnerability Database (NVD)

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

Install nvdtools 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 nvdtools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nvdtools

Install nvdtools 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 nvdtools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nvdtools

How To Uninstall nvdtools on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove nvdtools

nvdtools Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/b64schema
/usr/bin/cpe2cve
/usr/bin/csv2cpe
/usr/bin/fireeye2nvd
/usr/bin/flexera2nvd
/usr/bin/idefense2nvd
/usr/bin/nvdsync
/usr/bin/rbs2nvd
/usr/bin/redhat2nvd
/usr/bin/redhat_filter
/usr/bin/redhat_query
/usr/bin/rpm2cpe
/usr/bin/rustsec2nvd
/usr/bin/snyk2nvd
/usr/bin/vfeed2nvd
/usr/bin/vulndb
/usr/bin/wfnconvert
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a/77cd592273e10ac3b47e81bd77f617cc917394
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c/674bf4baf118597c76e6990e859f25d532749b
/usr/lib/.build-id/28
/usr/lib/.build-id/28/7c9ac2dd55cdb1ddac69cbbc2e116964c214dd
/usr/lib/.build-id/37
/usr/lib/.build-id/37/3fd5786487372f6a912e0e0e7fb33ca1704ae7
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f/668b24917aa0b7f5656c1c473f116008a26928
/usr/lib/.build-id/82
/usr/lib/.build-id/82/6a8085e8b905b65fabded2a8599d559984eed2
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c/a33d835d02972e12494f2529ff8ccae2bdeb16
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f/611649fd8ddc6201c1e9281f79ee176c2cf0bc
/usr/lib/.build-id/98
/usr/lib/.build-id/98/8714a59de576874e3cd81c93de829e3b325615
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f/7a69a3f3de1ef75348a63bc0505f660d58027e
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0/d2700b6826d6e6cdd01607ac824c664954fdf2
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7/47d3c3c1c486e91311ea8255c3bcfdaa0321a4
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc/fe8fdb4aeb7840a0d9d8f37ba4a6d497dfa687
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce/9c638eeee1de595d12c509294d40d7c7bf33b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5/ce58aa6d75688da40ab8b4d06614667ec5a6fb
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec/a0dcbb77bfcb867ddc5b9749e603659e751e4c
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff/beb9d43d2fb36ed3924a5913553f573c6602f6
/usr/share/doc/nvdtools
/usr/share/doc/nvdtools/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
/usr/share/doc/nvdtools/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/nvdtools/HOWTO.md
/usr/share/doc/nvdtools/README.md
/usr/share/doc/nvdtools/cvss2.md
/usr/share/doc/nvdtools/cvss3.md
/usr/share/doc/nvdtools/fireeye2nvd.md
/usr/share/doc/nvdtools/flexera2nvd.md
/usr/share/doc/nvdtools/idefense2nvd.md
/usr/share/doc/nvdtools/nvdsync.md
/usr/share/doc/nvdtools/rbs2nvd.md
/usr/share/doc/nvdtools/snyk2nvd.md
/usr/share/doc/nvdtools/sqlutil.md
/usr/share/doc/nvdtools/vfeed2nvd.md
/usr/share/licenses/nvdtools
/usr/share/licenses/nvdtools/LICENSE

References

Summary

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