How To Install avahi-tools on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install avahi-tools in Fedora 36. avahi-tools is Command line tools for mDNS browsing and publishing

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install avahi-tools on Fedora 36.

What is avahi-tools

Command line tools that use avahi to browse and publish mDNS services.

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

Install avahi-tools 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 avahi-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install avahi-tools

Install avahi-tools 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 avahi-tools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install avahi-tools

How To Uninstall avahi-tools on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the avahi-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove avahi-tools

avahi-tools Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/avahi-browse
/usr/bin/avahi-browse-domains
/usr/bin/avahi-publish
/usr/bin/avahi-publish-address
/usr/bin/avahi-publish-service
/usr/bin/avahi-resolve
/usr/bin/avahi-resolve-address
/usr/bin/avahi-resolve-host-name
/usr/bin/avahi-set-host-name
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/01
/usr/lib/.build-id/01/ac48860cd3481959c103799d235b99d22626d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/5eb7227359ad50291df63cc4d3b926715a25ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c/d5d62c3d288d4650a8335272f925f8e5e52e9f
/usr/lib/.build-id/af
/usr/lib/.build-id/af/dea66283f5e80ae474dcfbc4bf599422a09eea
/usr/share/man/man1/avahi-browse-domains.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/avahi-browse.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/avahi-publish-address.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/avahi-publish-service.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/avahi-publish.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/avahi-resolve-address.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/avahi-resolve-host-name.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/avahi-resolve.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/avahi-set-host-name.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install avahi-tools on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).