How To Install cvt on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install cvt in Fedora 36. cvt is Command line tool to calculate VESA CVT mode lines

Introduction

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

What is `cvt`

A standalone version of the command line tool cvt copied from the Xorg implementation and is meant to be a direct replacement to the version provided by the Xorg server.

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

Install cvt 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 cvt using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cvt

Install cvt 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 cvt using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cvt

How To Uninstall cvt on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove cvt

cvt Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/cvt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6/c13db701f6a9fb9bd24f6c146493a09eb6dec2
/usr/share/man/man1/cvt.1.gz

References

cvt website

Summary

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