How To Install fedora-release-common on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install fedora-release-common in Fedora 36. fedora-release-common is Fedora release files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fedora-release-common on Fedora 36.

What is fedora-release-common

Release files common to all Editions and Spins of Fedora

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

Install fedora-release-common 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 fedora-release-common using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fedora-release-common

Install fedora-release-common 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 fedora-release-common using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fedora-release-common

How To Uninstall fedora-release-common on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the fedora-release-common package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove fedora-release-common

fedora-release-common Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/fedora-release
/etc/issue
/etc/issue.d
/etc/issue.net
/etc/os-release
/etc/redhat-release
/etc/swid
/etc/swid/swidtags.d
/etc/swid/swidtags.d/fedoraproject.org
/etc/system-release
/etc/system-release-cpe
/usr/lib/fedora-release
/usr/lib/issue
/usr/lib/issue.net
/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.dist
/usr/lib/swidtag/fedoraproject.org
/usr/lib/swidtag/fedoraproject.org/org.fedoraproject.Fedora-36.swidtag
/usr/lib/system-release-cpe
/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset
/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/85-display-manager.preset
/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/90-default.preset
/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/99-default-disable.preset
/usr/lib/systemd/user-preset
/usr/lib/systemd/user-preset/90-default-user.preset
/usr/lib/systemd/user-preset/99-default-disable.preset
/usr/share/licenses/fedora-release-common
/usr/share/licenses/fedora-release-common/Fedora-Legal-README.txt
/usr/share/licenses/fedora-release-common/LICENSE

References

Summary

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