How To Install openzwave on Fedora 34

openzwave is Sample Executables for OpenZWave

Introduction

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

What is openzwave

OpenZWave is an open-source, cross-platform library designed to enable anyone to add support for Z-Wave home-automation devices to their applications, without requiring any in depth knowledge of the Z-Wave protocol.

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

Install openzwave 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 openzwave using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install openzwave

Install openzwave 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 openzwave using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install openzwave

How To Uninstall openzwave on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove openzwave

openzwave Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/MinOZW
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/81
/usr/lib/.build-id/81/c3fc7bd12a2043efbd88090421b11df6a74c42

References

Summary

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