How To Install QtDMM on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install QtDMM on Fedora 34.
What is QtDMM
QtDMM is a DMM readout software including a configurable recorder. The recorder features manual start, scheduled start (at a given time), triggered automatic start when given thresholds are reached, and the ability to display more than one value from the multimeter. It was written for Metex (and compatible like VOLTCRAFT) multimeter which use an 14 byte protocol. Later several more protocols have been added. For more information on the currently supported DMM’s have a look at the preset table.
We can use yum or dnf to install QtDMM on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install QtDMM.
Install QtDMM 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 QtDMM using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install QtDMM
Install QtDMM 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 QtDMM using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install QtDMM
How To Uninstall QtDMM on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the QtDMM package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove QtDMM
QtDMM Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/qtdmm
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c/03d9df808a7271589943ae2949f31a1156cf8f
/usr/share/applications/QtDMM.desktop
/usr/share/doc/QtDMM
/usr/share/doc/QtDMM/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/QtDMM/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/QtDMM/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/QtDMM/README
/usr/share/man/man1/QtDMM.1.gz
/usr/share/pixmaps/qtdmm.png
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install QtDMM on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.