How To Install ptpcheck on Fedora 34

ptpcheck is CLI to perform various PTP-related tasks

Introduction

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

What is `ptpcheck`

CLI and library to perform various PTP-related tasks, including - reporting stats taken from local PTP instance in JSON format - running basic unicast client to showcase or debug PTP protocol internals - running human-readable diagnostics for basic problems with PTP based on data from local PTP client (ptp4l) - comparing system time with PHC time - mapping PHC devices to network cards and vice versa

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

Install ptpcheck 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 ptpcheck using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ptpcheck

Install ptpcheck 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 ptpcheck using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ptpcheck

How To Uninstall ptpcheck on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove ptpcheck

ptpcheck Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/ptpcheck
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/25
/usr/lib/.build-id/25/ea52e54282a16a26f4b39cfe99b973e284b796
/usr/share/doc/ptpcheck
/usr/share/doc/ptpcheck/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/ptpcheck
/usr/share/licenses/ptpcheck/LICENSE

References

ptpcheck website

Summary

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