How To Install hdhomerun on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install hdhomerun on Rocky Linux 8. hdhomerun is Silicon Dust HDHomeRun configuration utility

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hdhomerun on Rocky Linux 8.

What is hdhomerun

The configuration and firmware upgrade utility for Silicon Dust’s networked HDTV dual-tuner HDHomeRun device.

We can use yum or dnf to install hdhomerun on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install hdhomerun.

Install hdhomerun on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install hdhomerun

Install hdhomerun on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install hdhomerun

How To Uninstall hdhomerun on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove hdhomerun

hdhomerun Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/hdhomerun_config
/usr/bin/hdhomerun_config_gui
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/24
/usr/lib/.build-id/24/6150bd5209b0daac4c1ffb48919dadbcf566dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/7855cc74cfd2c1f4f350848f06a9440ef53fee
/usr/lib/.build-id/79
/usr/lib/.build-id/79/07bbdeec18cee6d566bae218302866f704100c
/usr/lib64/libhdhomerun.so
/usr/share/applications/hdhomerun_config_gui.desktop
/usr/share/doc/hdhomerun
/usr/share/doc/hdhomerun/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/hdhomerun/README
/usr/share/doc/hdhomerun/README.firmware
/usr/share/doc/hdhomerun/README.md
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/hdhr.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/hdhr.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/hdhr.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/hdhr.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/hdhr.png
/usr/share/licenses/hdhomerun
/usr/share/licenses/hdhomerun/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/hdhomerun/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install hdhomerun on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.