How To Install gerbera on Fedora 34

gerbera is UPnP Media Server

Introduction

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

What is gerbera

Gerbera is a UPnP media server which allows you to stream your digital media through your home network and consume it on a variety of UPnP compatible devices.

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

Install gerbera 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 gerbera using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gerbera

Install gerbera 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 gerbera using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gerbera

How To Uninstall gerbera on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove gerbera

gerbera Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/gerbera
/etc/gerbera/config.xml
/etc/gerbera/gerbera.db
/etc/gerbera/gerbera.html
/etc/logrotate.d
/etc/logrotate.d/gerbera
/usr/bin/gerbera
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/cee4c6c282a4910affd91903f3dd6446e7f320
/usr/lib/systemd/system/gerbera.service
/usr/share/doc/gerbera
/usr/share/doc/gerbera/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gerbera/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/gerbera/ChangeLog.md
/usr/share/licenses/gerbera
/usr/share/licenses/gerbera/LICENSE.md
/usr/share/man/man1/gerbera.1.gz
/var/log/gerbera
/etc/gerbera
/etc/gerbera/config.xml
/etc/gerbera/gerbera.db
/etc/gerbera/gerbera.html
/etc/logrotate.d
/etc/logrotate.d/gerbera
/usr/bin/gerbera
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4/7c79f049cf0bfd0894e3a5a90056b1c0cf4480
/usr/lib/systemd/system/gerbera.service
/usr/share/doc/gerbera
/usr/share/doc/gerbera/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gerbera/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/gerbera/ChangeLog.md
/usr/share/licenses/gerbera
/usr/share/licenses/gerbera/LICENSE.md
/usr/share/man/man1/gerbera.1.gz
/var/log/gerbera

References

Summary

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