How To Install liquidctl on Fedora 34

liquidctl is Tool for controlling liquid coolers, case fans and RGB LED strips

Introduction

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

What is liquidctl

liquidctl is a tool for controlling various settings of PC internals, such as - liquid cooler pump speed - case fan speed - RGB LED strip colors Currently supported devices are - ASUS Strix GTX 1070, RTX 2080 Ti OC - Corsair Commander Pro - Corsair Hydro H80i v2, H100i v2 and H115i - Corsair HX750i, HX850i, HX1000i and HX1200i - Corsair RM650i, RM750i, RM850i and RM1000i - Corsair Vengeance RGB RAM - EVGA CLC 120 (CL12), 240, 280 and 360 - EVGA GTX 1080 FTW - Gigabyte RGB Fusion 2.0 motherboards - NZXT Grid+ V3 - NZXT HUE 2 and Hue 2 Ambient - NZXT Kraken M22 - NZXT Kraken X42, X52, X53, X62, X63, X72 and X73 - NZXT RGB & Fan Controller - NZXT Smart Device V1 and V2 Devices with experimental support - Corsair Commander Core - Corsair Hydro H80i GT, H100i GTX and H110i GTX - Corsair Hydro H100i Platinum, H100i Platinum SE and H115i Platinum - Corsair Hydro H100i Pro, H115i Pro, H150i Pro - Corsair Hydro H100i Pro XT, H115i Pro XT, H150i Pro XT - Corsair iCUE H100i, H115i, H150i Elite Capellix - Corsair Lighting Node Core, Lightning Node Pro - Corsair Obsidian 1000D - Gigabyte RGB Fusion 2.0 Motherboards - NZXT E500, E650 and E850 PSUs - NZXT Kraken X31, X40, X41, X60 and X61 - NXZT Kraken Z53, Z63 and Z73 - NZXT RGB & Fan Controller

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

Install liquidctl 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 liquidctl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install liquidctl

Install liquidctl 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 liquidctl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install liquidctl

How To Uninstall liquidctl on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove liquidctl

liquidctl Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/liquidctl
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/liquidctl
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/README.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/asetek-690lc-guide.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/asetek-pro-guide.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/corsair-commander-core-guide.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/corsair-commander-guide.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/corsair-hxi-rmi-psu-guide.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/corsair-platinum-pro-xt-guide.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/ddr4-guide.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/developer
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/developer/capturing-usb-traffic.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/developer/creating-vm-for-capture.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/developer/images
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/developer/images/create_vm.png
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/developer/images/create_vm_1.png
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/developer/images/create_vm_10.png
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/developer/images/create_vm_2.png
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/developer/images/create_vm_3.png
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/developer/images/create_vm_4.png
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/developer/images/create_vm_5.png
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/developer/images/create_vm_6.png
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/developer/images/create_vm_7.png
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/developer/images/create_vm_8.png
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/developer/images/create_vm_9.png
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/developer/images/icue.png
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/developer/images/vendor_product_id.png
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/developer/images/wireshark_1.png
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/developer/images/wireshark_2.png
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/developer/images/wireshark_3.png
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/developer/images/wireshark_4.png
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/developer/porting-drivers-from-opencorsairlink.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/developer/process.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/developer/protocol
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/developer/protocol/commander_core.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/developer/protocol/lighting_node_rgb.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/developer/protocol/vengeance_rgb.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/developer/release-checklist.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/developer/style-guide.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/developer/techniques-for-analyzing-usb-protocols.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/gigabyte-rgb-fusion2-guide.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/kraken-x2-m2-guide.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/kraken-x3-z3-guide.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/linux
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/linux/making-systemd-units-wait-for-devices.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/nvidia-guide.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/nzxt-e-series-psu-guide.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/nzxt-hue2-guide.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/nzxt-smart-device-v1-guide.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/windows
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/windows/running-your-first-command-line-program.md
/usr/share/man/man8/liquidctl.8.gz
/usr/bin/liquidctl
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/README.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/asetek-690lc-guide.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/corsair-commander-guide.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/corsair-hxi-rmi-psu-guide.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/corsair-platinum-pro-xt-guide.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/ddr4-guide.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/developer
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/developer/capturing-usb-traffic.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/developer/porting-drivers-from-opencorsairlink.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/developer/protocol
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/developer/protocol/lighting_node_rgb.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/developer/protocol/vengeance_rgb.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/developer/release-checklist.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/developer/style-guide.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/developer/techniques-for-analyzing-usb-protocols.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/gigabyte-rgb-fusion2-guide.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/kraken-x2-m2-guide.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/kraken-x3-z3-guide.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/linux
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/linux/making-systemd-units-wait-for-devices.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/nvidia-guide.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/nzxt-e-series-psu-guide.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/nzxt-hue2-guide.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/nzxt-smart-device-v1-guide.md
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/windows
/usr/share/doc/liquidctl/docs/windows/running-your-first-command-line-program.md
/usr/share/man/man8/liquidctl.8.gz

References

Summary

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