How To Install abrt-plugin-machine-id on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install abrt-plugin-machine-id in Fedora 36. abrt-plugin-machine-id is abrt’s plugin to generate machine_id based off dmidecode

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install abrt-plugin-machine-id on Fedora 36.

What is abrt-plugin-machine-id

This package contains a configuration snippet to enable automatic generation of machine_id for abrt events.

We can use yum or dnf to install abrt-plugin-machine-id on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install abrt-plugin-machine-id.

Install abrt-plugin-machine-id on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install abrt-plugin-machine-id using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install abrt-plugin-machine-id

Install abrt-plugin-machine-id on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install abrt-plugin-machine-id using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install abrt-plugin-machine-id

How To Uninstall abrt-plugin-machine-id on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the abrt-plugin-machine-id package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove abrt-plugin-machine-id

abrt-plugin-machine-id Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/libreport/events.d/machine-id_event.conf
/usr/libexec/abrt-action-generate-machine-id

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install abrt-plugin-machine-id on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).