How To Install openhantek on CentOS 8

openhantek is Hantek and compatible USB digital signal oscilloscope

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openhantek on CentOS 8.

What is openhantek

OpenHantek is a free software for Hantek and compatible (Voltcraft/Darkwire/Protek/Acetech) USB digital signal oscilloscopes. Supported devices

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

Install openhantek on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install openhantek

Install openhantek on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo yum -y install openhantek

How To Uninstall openhantek on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove openhantek

openhantek Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/OpenHantek
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/72
/usr/lib/.build-id/72/a46f48272c05b308ec9a78e671e5762b08029b
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-openhantek.rules
/usr/share/applications/OpenHantek.desktop
/usr/share/doc/openhantek
/usr/share/doc/openhantek/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/openhantek/OpenHantek6022_User_Manual.pdf
/usr/share/doc/openhantek/README.md
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/OpenHantek.svg
/usr/share/licenses/openhantek
/usr/share/licenses/openhantek/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/openhantek/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install openhantek on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.