How To Install ntpstat on Fedora 34

ntpstat is Utility to print NTP synchronization status

Introduction

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

What is ntpstat

This package contains a script which prints a brief summary of the system clock’s synchronisation status when the ntpd or chronyd daemon is running.

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

Install ntpstat 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 ntpstat using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ntpstat

Install ntpstat 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 ntpstat using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ntpstat

How To Uninstall ntpstat on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove ntpstat

ntpstat Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/ntpstat
/usr/share/doc/ntpstat
/usr/share/doc/ntpstat/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/ntpstat/README
/usr/share/licenses/ntpstat
/usr/share/licenses/ntpstat/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/ntpstat.1.gz

References

Summary

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