How To Install cockpit-file-sharing on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-file-sharing in Fedora 36. cockpit-file-sharing is Cockpit user interface for managing SMB and NFS file sharing.

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-file-sharing on Fedora 36.

What is cockpit-file-sharing

A Cockpit component for managing SMB exports and NFS shares. This package uses Samba and nfs-utils.

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

Install cockpit-file-sharing 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 cockpit-file-sharing using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cockpit-file-sharing

Install cockpit-file-sharing 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 cockpit-file-sharing using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cockpit-file-sharing

How To Uninstall cockpit-file-sharing on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the cockpit-file-sharing package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove cockpit-file-sharing

cockpit-file-sharing Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/components
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/components/modals.js
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/components/notifications.js
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/file-sharing-patternfly.css.gz
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/file-sharing.css
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/file-sharing.html
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/file-sharing.js
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/fontawesome
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/fontawesome/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/fontawesome/attribution.js
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/fontawesome/css
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/fontawesome/css/all.css
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/fontawesome/css/all.min.css
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/fontawesome/css/brands.css
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/fontawesome/css/brands.min.css
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/fontawesome/css/fontawesome.css
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/fontawesome/css/fontawesome.min.css
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/fontawesome/css/regular.css
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/fontawesome/css/regular.min.css
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/fontawesome/css/solid.css
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/fontawesome/css/solid.min.css
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/fontawesome/css/svg-with-js.css
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/fontawesome/css/svg-with-js.min.css
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/fontawesome/css/v4-shims.css
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/fontawesome/css/v4-shims.min.css
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/fontawesome/webfonts
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/fontawesome/webfonts/fa-brands-400.eot
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/fontawesome/webfonts/fa-brands-400.svg
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/fontawesome/webfonts/fa-brands-400.ttf
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/fontawesome/webfonts/fa-brands-400.woff
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/fontawesome/webfonts/fa-brands-400.woff2
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/fontawesome/webfonts/fa-regular-400.eot
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/fontawesome/webfonts/fa-regular-400.svg
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/fontawesome/webfonts/fa-regular-400.ttf
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/fontawesome/webfonts/fa-regular-400.woff
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/fontawesome/webfonts/fa-regular-400.woff2
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/fontawesome/webfonts/fa-solid-900.eot
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/fontawesome/webfonts/fa-solid-900.svg
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/fontawesome/webfonts/fa-solid-900.ttf
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/fontawesome/webfonts/fa-solid-900.woff
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/fontawesome/webfonts/fa-solid-900.woff2
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/manifest.json
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/nfs-manager
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/nfs-manager/components
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/nfs-manager/components/exports.js
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/nfs-manager/components/list.js
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/nfs-manager/nfs-manager.css
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/nfs-manager/nfs-manager.html
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/nfs-manager/nfs-manager.js
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/nfs-manager/scripts
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/nfs-manager/scripts/nfs_add.py
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/nfs-manager/scripts/nfs_list.py
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/nfs-manager/scripts/nfs_remove.py
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/samba-manager
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/samba-manager/button-fallbacks-el7.css
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/samba-manager/samba-manager.css
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/samba-manager/samba-manager.html
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/samba-manager/samba-manager.js
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/samba-manager/scripts
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/samba-manager/scripts/del_parms.py
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/samba-manager/scripts/del_privileges.py
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/samba-manager/scripts/ls.py
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/samba-manager/scripts/set_parms.py
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/samba-manager/scripts/set_privileges.py
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/samba-manager/templates
/usr/share/cockpit/file-sharing/samba-manager/templates/mnt-fsgw.mount
/usr/share/doc/cockpit-file-sharing
/usr/share/doc/cockpit-file-sharing/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/cockpit-file-sharing/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/cockpit-file-sharing
/usr/share/licenses/cockpit-file-sharing/LICENSE

References

Summary

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