How To Install certwatch on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install certwatch in Fedora 36. certwatch is SSL/TLS certificate expiry warning generator

Introduction

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

What is `certwatch`

This package provides a utility for generating warnings when SSL/TLS certificates are soon to expire.

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

Install certwatch 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 certwatch using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install certwatch

Install certwatch 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 certwatch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install certwatch

How To Uninstall certwatch on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove certwatch

certwatch Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/certwatch
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/07
/usr/lib/.build-id/07/7e18a44a2bcb6d28bcf809d24c044cda05d06a
/usr/share/licenses/certwatch
/usr/share/licenses/certwatch/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/certwatch.1.gz

References

certwatch website

Summary

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