How To Install w_scan on Fedora 34

w_scan is Tool for scanning DVB transponders

Introduction

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

What is w_scan

The w_scan tool is similar to dvbscan from dvb-apps. However it does not require initial tuning data and thus is able to find more channels.

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

Install w_scan 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 w_scan using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install w_scan

Install w_scan 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 w_scan using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install w_scan

How To Uninstall w_scan on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove w_scan

w_scan Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/w_scan
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/20
/usr/lib/.build-id/20/ae2ba59def8ce24756873634df95af4f15ec14
/usr/share/doc/w_scan
/usr/share/doc/w_scan/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/w_scan/README
/usr/share/doc/w_scan/README.file_formats
/usr/share/doc/w_scan/README_VLC_DVB
/usr/share/doc/w_scan/rotor.conf
/usr/share/licenses/w_scan
/usr/share/licenses/w_scan/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/w_scan.1.gz

References

Summary

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