How To Install whatsup on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install whatsup on Fedora 34.
What is whatsup
Whatsup is a cluster node up/down detection utility. Whatsup can quickly calculate and output the up and down nodes of a cluster. Whatsup allows some tools, such as Pdsh, to operate more quickly by not operating on down nodes. Whatsup calculates the up and down nodes of a cluster through one of several possible backend tools and several optional cluster node databases.
We can use yum or dnf to install whatsup on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install whatsup.
Install whatsup 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 whatsup using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install whatsup
Install whatsup 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 whatsup using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install whatsup
How To Uninstall whatsup on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the whatsup package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove whatsup
whatsup Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/whatsdown
/usr/bin/whatsup
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/35dc02d234e13fc3e0ae476505a01ff144fe01
/usr/share/doc/whatsup
/usr/share/doc/whatsup/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/whatsup/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/whatsup/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/whatsup/DISCLAIMER
/usr/share/doc/whatsup/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/whatsup/README
/usr/share/man/man1/whatsup.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install whatsup on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.
