How To Install sysconftool on Fedora 34

sysconftool is Macros for aclocal to install configuration files

Introduction

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

What is sysconftool

sysconftool is a development utility that helps to install application configuration files. sysconftool allows an existing application to be upgraded without losing the older version’s configuration settings.

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

Install sysconftool 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 sysconftool using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sysconftool

Install sysconftool 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 sysconftool using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sysconftool

How To Uninstall sysconftool on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove sysconftool

sysconftool Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/sysconftoolcheck
/usr/bin/sysconftoolize
/usr/share/aclocal/sysconftool.m4
/usr/share/doc/sysconftool
/usr/share/doc/sysconftool/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/sysconftool/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/sysconftool/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/sysconftool/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/sysconftool/index.html
/usr/share/doc/sysconftool/sysconftool.1.html
/usr/share/doc/sysconftool/sysconftool.7.html
/usr/share/doc/sysconftool/sysconftoolcheck.1.html
/usr/share/man/man1/sysconftool.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sysconftoolcheck.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/sysconftool.7.gz
/usr/share/sysconftool
/usr/share/sysconftool/sysconftool
/usr/share/sysconftool/sysconftoolcheck
/usr/share/sysconftool/sysconftoolize.am
/usr/share/sysconftool/sysconftoolize.pl

References

Summary

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