How To Install vdirsyncer on Fedora 34

vdirsyncer is Synchronize calendars and contacts

Introduction

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

What is vdirsyncer

vdirsyncer synchronizes your calendars and address books between two entities. The supported protocols are CalDAV, CardDAV, arbitrary HTTP resources and some more. It aims to be for CalDAV and CardDAV what OfflineIMAP is for IMAP.

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

Install vdirsyncer 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 vdirsyncer using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install vdirsyncer

Install vdirsyncer 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 vdirsyncer using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vdirsyncer

How To Uninstall vdirsyncer on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove vdirsyncer

vdirsyncer Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/vdirsyncer
/usr/share/licenses/vdirsyncer
/usr/share/licenses/vdirsyncer/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/vdirsyncer.1.gz

References

Summary

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