How To Install xawtv on Fedora 34
xawtv is TV applications for video4linux compliant devices
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xawtv on Fedora 34.
What is xawtv
Xawtv is a simple xaw-based TV program which uses the bttv driver or video4linux. Xawtv contains various command-line utilities for grabbing images and .avi movies, for tuning in to TV stations, etc. Xawtv also includes a grabber driver for vic.
We can use yum or dnf to install xawtv on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xawtv.
Install xawtv 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 xawtv using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xawtv
Install xawtv 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 xawtv using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xawtv
How To Uninstall xawtv on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the xawtv package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xawtv
xawtv Package Contents on Fedora 34
/etc/pam.d/v4l-conf
/etc/security/console.apps/v4l-conf
/usr/bin/alevtd
/usr/bin/dump-mixers
/usr/bin/fbtv
/usr/bin/ntsc-cc
/usr/bin/pia
/usr/bin/propwatch
/usr/bin/radio
/usr/bin/record
/usr/bin/rootv
/usr/bin/scantv
/usr/bin/showriff
/usr/bin/streamer
/usr/bin/subtitles
/usr/bin/ttv
/usr/bin/v4l-conf
/usr/bin/v4l-info
/usr/bin/v4lctl
/usr/bin/webcam
/usr/bin/xawtv
/usr/bin/xawtv-remote
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/05
/usr/lib/.build-id/05/2983e2e3d302d9ec63ce008b6ba2e37c2679d2
/usr/lib/.build-id/05/4b8c346f3c8e88c7d3f7ada43fb9d0b0cf1dfc
/usr/lib/.build-id/06
/usr/lib/.build-id/06/50562eaa5884d7da1ecb6eaacb1c0a2c277541
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f/30b11145acfbbde335713c5fb5527ad4bee77d
/usr/lib/.build-id/13
/usr/lib/.build-id/13/b700cb3a95e96244d2ce55fb742fa3d11cb8fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/616ff98f27b7a816ece4696b3cbdd44af95b72
/usr/lib/.build-id/20
/usr/lib/.build-id/20/1494c7a01089cb418ca6cca42e99beacadebcc
/usr/lib/.build-id/33
/usr/lib/.build-id/33/83c8d6468a96d6443137d05a61a97c35aac0bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/33/d1f74a8870a13d888c265e7f3c40e82f61adc9
/usr/lib/.build-id/33/df0df2f83e2058d076bd5a0116b32e36b74aec
/usr/lib/.build-id/35
/usr/lib/.build-id/35/511e0cbab04e454373e62b990957bca9d695fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a/5dbd504cde2711bb2848518a5b3c9214ee76b2
/usr/lib/.build-id/4b
/usr/lib/.build-id/4b/b567c9f4e510cd7210e2e7099466b35e70ff91
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d/c9845717b3fdaf03f583e054d132225b1d6794
/usr/lib/.build-id/70
/usr/lib/.build-id/70/d13d71c35b46469e602fe90e7ecdc401cc2e0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/72
/usr/lib/.build-id/72/65790b28c0b81264ba315b45d2f0107683a5b8
/usr/lib/.build-id/75
/usr/lib/.build-id/75/6406f83ad73c07a4af97edb3c91455dd238753
/usr/lib/.build-id/76
/usr/lib/.build-id/76/8975657818f1d009c7fa5a9ef9fb7a196c611d
/usr/lib/.build-id/77
/usr/lib/.build-id/77/e3a57e738d8c94b056f165c41cb3300bab13e7
/usr/lib/.build-id/79
/usr/lib/.build-id/79/06a8122ee901bd9bf7c89dfeb618de8af66092
/usr/lib/.build-id/80
/usr/lib/.build-id/80/f532f5c01b2061a8007013e462cb555b867b6f
/usr/lib/.build-id/98
/usr/lib/.build-id/98/4e94f27a121ec96f0cde2cc56ba0410b52a5a9
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d/24f8b02c9585e1ce2d452e85967408ead76912
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2/4378105bbf622db50935ed89368ca09cf4ca7e
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2/b47fc9df686e863f04f6712ef13bf7dad83ef6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2/ea9423b7c0883366d8a474ecf99149c67cc71f
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6/01658be5aaeddd098ad3f341cedd26eb1bfcba
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6/3a9480acc5b2953042ad0049b89f655016eef1
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7/1c4a747f304669001b8af018c75ff2b14e9c4c
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb/8bad8ab0555e77256834ab2b88919d0cd224ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/be
/usr/lib/.build-id/be/249680184d3214e2aeaabde757d921a32f6120
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc/176f9b39c9c79fa1176bd787c9f55cc08ebc8f
/usr/lib/.build-id/de
/usr/lib/.build-id/de/b3edbd651486f2436a88860292a37093d59b8c
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3/7e1b259bcc0cbf43e73da6c8398dc7e6d0b305
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9/687f7d8683ccc7d3cdd6fa75e2920c90ca2f72
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb/4600f8fd0f5d084d3fa1bb636f4b9b8ada1625
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe/f089e0ff859ff60a59eab1551ea06ce73e3dd6
/usr/lib64/xawtv
/usr/lib64/xawtv/bilinear.so
/usr/lib64/xawtv/conv-mjpeg.so
/usr/lib64/xawtv/cubic.so
/usr/lib64/xawtv/drv0-libv4l.so
/usr/lib64/xawtv/drv0-v4l2.so
/usr/lib64/xawtv/flt-disor.so
/usr/lib64/xawtv/flt-gamma.so
/usr/lib64/xawtv/flt-invert.so
/usr/lib64/xawtv/flt-smooth.so
/usr/lib64/xawtv/linear-blend.so
/usr/lib64/xawtv/linedoubler.so
/usr/lib64/xawtv/read-avi.so
/usr/lib64/xawtv/read-dv.so
/usr/lib64/xawtv/snd-oss.so
/usr/lib64/xawtv/write-avi.so
/usr/lib64/xawtv/write-dv.so
/usr/sbin/v4l-conf
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/Xawtv
/usr/share/appdata/xawtv.appdata.xml
/usr/share/applications/xawtv.desktop
/usr/share/doc/xawtv
/usr/share/doc/xawtv/README
/usr/share/doc/xawtv/TODO
/usr/share/doc/xawtv/frequencies-europe
/usr/share/doc/xawtv/frequencies-japan
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/xawtv.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/xawtv.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/xawtv.png
/usr/share/licenses/xawtv
/usr/share/licenses/xawtv/COPYING
/usr/share/man/es/man1/fbtv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man1/rootv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man1/scantv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man1/streamer.1.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man1/subtitles.1.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man1/ttv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man1/v4lctl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man1/xawtv-remote.1.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man1/xawtv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man5/xawtvrc.5.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/v4l-conf.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man1/xawtv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/alevtd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dump-mixers.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fbtv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ntsc-cc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pia.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/propwatch.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/radio.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/record.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rootv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/scantv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/showriff.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/streamer.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/subtitles.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ttv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/v4l-info.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/v4lctl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/webcam.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xawtv-remote.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xawtv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/xawtvrc.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/v4l-conf.8.gz
/usr/share/xawtv
/usr/share/xawtv/Index.map
/usr/share/xawtv/argentina.list
/usr/share/xawtv/ccir-h.list
/usr/share/xawtv/ccir-i-iii.list
/usr/share/xawtv/ccir-sl-sh.list
/usr/share/xawtv/europe-east.list
/usr/share/xawtv/europe-west.list
/usr/share/xawtv/ntsc-bcast-jp.list
/usr/share/xawtv/ntsc-bcast.list
/usr/share/xawtv/ntsc-cable-ca.list
/usr/share/xawtv/ntsc-cable-jp.list
/usr/share/xawtv/ntsc-cable.list
/usr/share/xawtv/ntsc-hrc.list
/usr/share/xawtv/oirt-h.list
/usr/share/xawtv/oirt-i-iii.list
/usr/share/xawtv/oirt-sl-sh.list
/usr/share/xawtv/pal-australia-optus.list
/usr/share/xawtv/pal-australia.list
/usr/share/xawtv/pal-bcast-cn.list
/usr/share/xawtv/pal-bcast-za.list
/usr/share/xawtv/pal-ireland.list
/usr/share/xawtv/pal-italy.list
/usr/share/xawtv/pal-newzealand.list
/usr/share/xawtv/secam-france.list
/usr/share/xawtv/secam-russia.list
/usr/share/xawtv/uhf.list
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xawtv on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.
