How To Install bwbar on Fedora 34

bwbar is Generate a readout of the current bandwidth use

Introduction

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

What is bwbar

bwbar is a small program that generates a text and a graphical readout of the current bandwidth use. It is currently for Linux only.

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

Install bwbar 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 bwbar using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bwbar

Install bwbar 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 bwbar using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bwbar

How To Uninstall bwbar on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove bwbar

bwbar Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/sysconfig/bwbar
/usr/bin/bwbar
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/518b60c0e279527414546d53f1b5a5e41c0824
/usr/lib/systemd/system/bwbar.service
/usr/share/doc/bwbar
/usr/share/doc/bwbar/README
/usr/share/man/man8/bwbar.8.gz

References

Summary

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