How To Install hostname on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install hostname in Fedora 36. hostname is Utility to set/show the host name or domain name

Introduction

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

What is hostname

This package provides commands which can be used to display the system’s DNS name, and to display or set its hostname or NIS domain name.

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

Install hostname 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 hostname using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install hostname

Install hostname 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 hostname using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install hostname

How To Uninstall hostname on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove hostname

hostname Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/dnsdomainname
/usr/bin/domainname
/usr/bin/hostname
/usr/bin/nisdomainname
/usr/bin/ypdomainname
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/88
/usr/lib/.build-id/88/ba1839ce72ad0bcc7859552febfe329cd48441
/usr/lib/systemd/system/nis-domainname.service
/usr/libexec/hostname
/usr/libexec/hostname/nis-domainname
/usr/share/doc/hostname
/usr/share/doc/hostname/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/licenses/hostname
/usr/share/licenses/hostname/gpl-2.0.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/dnsdomainname.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/domainname.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/hostname.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nisdomainname.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ypdomainname.1.gz

References

Summary

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