How To Install bwbar on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install bwbar in Fedora 36. bwbar is Generate a readout of the current bandwidth use

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bwbar on Fedora 36.

What is bwbar

bwbar is a small program that generates a text and a graphical readout of the current bandwidth use. It is currently for Linux only.

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

Install bwbar 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 bwbar using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bwbar

Install bwbar 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 bwbar using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bwbar

How To Uninstall bwbar on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove bwbar

bwbar Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/sysconfig/bwbar
/usr/bin/bwbar
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f/90ac6d1c4a07a3b788741fb045062dc17f2d95
/usr/lib/systemd/system/bwbar.service
/usr/share/doc/bwbar
/usr/share/doc/bwbar/README
/usr/share/man/man8/bwbar.8.gz

References

Summary

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