How To Install xcalib on Fedora 34

xcalib is Tiny monitor calibration loader for X.org

Introduction

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

What is xcalib

Tiny monitor calibration loader for X.org

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

Install xcalib 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 xcalib using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xcalib

Install xcalib 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 xcalib using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xcalib

How To Uninstall xcalib on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove xcalib

xcalib Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/xcalib
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1/1b6499d6f25940e3c390f684b03a6f2232ff9f
/usr/share/doc/xcalib
/usr/share/doc/xcalib/README
/usr/share/doc/xcalib/README.profilers
/usr/share/licenses/xcalib
/usr/share/licenses/xcalib/COPYING

References

Summary

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