How To Install adjtimex on Fedora 34

adjtimex is A utility for adjusting kernel time variables

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install adjtimex on Fedora 34.

What is adjtimex

Adjtimex provides raw access to kernel time variables. On standalone or intermittently connected machines, root can use adjtimex to correct for systematic drift. If your machine is connected to the Internet or is equipped with a precision oscillator or radio clock, you should instead manage the system clock with the xntpd program. Users can use adjtimex to view kernel time variables.

We can use yum or dnf to install adjtimex on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install adjtimex.

Install adjtimex on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install adjtimex

Install adjtimex on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo yum -y install adjtimex

How To Uninstall adjtimex on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove adjtimex

adjtimex Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1/6cbbb1e6e8de74eb8e70066877c9a237e0f8ac
/usr/sbin/adjtimex
/usr/share/doc/adjtimex
/usr/share/doc/adjtimex/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/doc/adjtimex/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/adjtimex/README
/usr/share/licenses/adjtimex
/usr/share/licenses/adjtimex/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/adjtimex.8.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install adjtimex on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.