How To Install conserver on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install conserver on Fedora 34.
What is conserver
Conserver is an application that allows multiple users to watch a serial console at the same time. It can log the data, allows users to take write-access of a console (one at a time), and has a variety of bells and whistles to accentuate that basic functionality.
We can use yum or dnf to install conserver on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install conserver.
Install conserver 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 conserver using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install conserver
Install conserver 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 conserver using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install conserver
How To Uninstall conserver on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the conserver package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove conserver
conserver Package Contents on Fedora 34
/etc/conserver.cf
/etc/conserver.passwd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd/6dcd1795508fae35589bfb27c5fed2585730bc
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb/49afe708ec098c3392dcdfbc892d2e9572e2ab
/usr/lib/systemd/system/conserver.service
/usr/lib64/conserver
/usr/lib64/conserver/convert
/usr/sbin/conserver
/usr/share/doc/conserver
/usr/share/doc/conserver/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/conserver/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/conserver/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/conserver/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/conserver/README
/usr/share/doc/conserver/conserver.cf
/usr/share/doc/conserver/conserver.passwd
/usr/share/doc/conserver/samples
/usr/share/doc/conserver/samples/README
/usr/share/doc/conserver/samples/average-distributed.cf
/usr/share/doc/conserver/samples/average.cf
/usr/share/doc/conserver/samples/basic.cf
/usr/share/doc/conserver/samples/simple.cf
/usr/share/man/man5/conserver.cf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/conserver.passwd.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/conserver.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install conserver on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.
