How To Install chkconfig on Fedora 34

chkconfig is A system tool for maintaining the /etc/rc*.d hierarchy

Introduction

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

What is `chkconfig`

Chkconfig is a basic system utility. It updates and queries runlevel information for system services. Chkconfig manipulates the numerous symbolic links in /etc/rc.d, to relieve system administrators of some of the drudgery of manually editing the symbolic links.

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

Install chkconfig 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 chkconfig using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install chkconfig

Install chkconfig 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 chkconfig using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install chkconfig

How To Uninstall chkconfig on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove chkconfig

chkconfig Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/chkconfig.d
/etc/init.d
/etc/rc.d
/etc/rc.d/init.d
/etc/rc.d/rc0.d
/etc/rc.d/rc1.d
/etc/rc.d/rc2.d
/etc/rc.d/rc3.d
/etc/rc.d/rc4.d
/etc/rc.d/rc5.d
/etc/rc.d/rc6.d
/etc/rc0.d
/etc/rc1.d
/etc/rc2.d
/etc/rc3.d
/etc/rc4.d
/etc/rc5.d
/etc/rc6.d
/sbin/chkconfig
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c/07c359c0a0284902fd9b19588ea55ce290e2c9
/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install
/usr/share/licenses/chkconfig
/usr/share/licenses/chkconfig/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/bal/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/ia/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/km/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/mai/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/nds/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/chkconfig.mo
/usr/share/man/man8/chkconfig.8.gz

References

chkconfig website

Summary

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