How To Install cstream on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install cstream in Fedora 36. cstream is General-purpose stream-handling tool

Introduction

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

What is `cstream`

cstream filters data streams, much like the UNIX tool dd(1). It has a more traditional commandline syntax, support for precise bandwidth limiting and reporting and support for FIFOs. Data limits and throughput rate calculation will work for files > 4 GB.

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

Install cstream 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 cstream using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cstream

Install cstream 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 cstream using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cstream

How To Uninstall cstream on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove cstream

cstream Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/cstream
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5a
/usr/lib/.build-id/5a/094618213d3496d73cb6655a7e7501925fd56c
/usr/share/doc/cstream
/usr/share/doc/cstream/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/cstream/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/doc/cstream/README
/usr/share/doc/cstream/TODO
/usr/share/man/man1/cstream.1.gz

References

cstream website

Summary

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