How To Install dxcc on Fedora 34

dxcc is Small utility which determines the ARRL DXCC entity of a ham radio callsign

Introduction

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

What is dxcc

dxcc is a small utility which determines the ARRL DXCC entity of a ham radio callsign, based on the cty.dat country file by Jim Reisert, AD1C. Optional GUI with a world map showing the DXCC’s location available.

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

Install dxcc 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 dxcc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dxcc

Install dxcc 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 dxcc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dxcc

How To Uninstall dxcc on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove dxcc

dxcc Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/dxcc
/usr/share/doc/dxcc
/usr/share/doc/dxcc/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/dxcc/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/dxcc/README
/usr/share/dxcc
/usr/share/dxcc/earth.gif
/usr/share/man/man1/dxcc.1.gz

References

Summary

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