How To Install dnf-plugin-swidtags on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install dnf-plugin-swidtags in Fedora 36. dnf-plugin-swidtags is DNF plugin for keeping SWID tags up-to-date

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dnf-plugin-swidtags on Fedora 36.

What is `dnf-plugin-swidtags`

DNF plugin for retrieving SWID tags from repository metadata or producing them locally.

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

Install dnf-plugin-swidtags 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 dnf-plugin-swidtags using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dnf-plugin-swidtags

Install dnf-plugin-swidtags 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 dnf-plugin-swidtags using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dnf-plugin-swidtags

How To Uninstall dnf-plugin-swidtags on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the dnf-plugin-swidtags package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dnf-plugin-swidtags

dnf-plugin-swidtags Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/dnf/plugins/swidtags.conf
/usr/bin/dnf-plugin-swidtags-update-from-0.7
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/dnf-plugins/__pycache__/swidtags.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/dnf-plugins/__pycache__/swidtags.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/dnf-plugins/swidtags.py

References

dnf-plugin-swidtags website

Summary

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