How To Install setconf on Fedora 34

setconf is Utility for changing settings in configuration text files

Introduction

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

What is setconf

Setconf is small utility that can be used for changing settings in configuration text files.

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

Install setconf 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 setconf using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install setconf

Install setconf 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 setconf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install setconf

How To Uninstall setconf on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove setconf

setconf Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/setconf
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/__pycache__/setconf.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/__pycache__/setconf.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setconf-0.7.7-py3.9.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setconf-0.7.7-py3.9.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setconf-0.7.7-py3.9.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setconf-0.7.7-py3.9.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setconf-0.7.7-py3.9.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setconf-0.7.7-py3.9.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setconf.py
/usr/share/doc/setconf
/usr/share/doc/setconf/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/setconf
/usr/share/licenses/setconf/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/setconf.1.gz

References

Summary

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