How To Install datefudge on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install datefudge on Fedora 34.
What is datefudge
This program (and preload library) fakes the system date so that programs think the wall clock is … different. The faking is not complete; time-stamp on files are not affected in any way. This package is useful if you want to test the date handling of your programs without changing the system clock.
We can use yum or dnf to install datefudge on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install datefudge.
Install datefudge 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 datefudge using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install datefudge
Install datefudge 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 datefudge using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install datefudge
How To Uninstall datefudge on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the datefudge package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove datefudge
datefudge Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/datefudge
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/95
/usr/lib/.build-id/95/2f9550f7c47fb256008b38e694af748686ec44
/usr/libexec/datefudge
/usr/libexec/datefudge/datefudge.so
/usr/share/doc/datefudge
/usr/share/doc/datefudge/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/datefudge/README
/usr/share/man/man1/datefudge.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install datefudge on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.