How To Install sispmctl on Fedora 34

sispmctl is Control Gembird SIS-PM programmable power outlet strips

Introduction

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

What is sispmctl

The sispmctl tool can control Gembird SIS-PM Silver Shield programmable power outlet strips (also known under the name Revolt Intelli-Plug) from the command line. It can be used to switch on or off any of the programmable power sockets of the SIS-PM via USB. It can also show the current status of each power socket, and it can handle multiple SIS-PM devices, too.

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

Install sispmctl 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 sispmctl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sispmctl

Install sispmctl 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 sispmctl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sispmctl

How To Uninstall sispmctl on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove sispmctl

sispmctl Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/sispmctl
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/50
/usr/lib/.build-id/50/c8be5cdb718d3b334cd07e69203574bce802ec
/usr/share/doc/sispmctl
/usr/share/doc/sispmctl/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/sispmctl.1.gz

References

Summary

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