How To Install ibp on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ibp in Fedora 36. ibp is A tool to show which IBP beacons are transmitting

Introduction

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

What is ibp

The International Beacon Project is a set of 18 amateur (ham) radio transmitters around the world, each of which transmit every 3 minutes on a set of 5 short-wave frequencies. This allows short-wave radio users to quickly assess the current worldwide propagation conditions. Much more information can be found on http

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

Install ibp 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 ibp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ibp

Install ibp 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 ibp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ibp

How To Uninstall ibp on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove ibp

ibp Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/ibp
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/58
/usr/lib/.build-id/58/c67823d6e0fd418453ae0233403781d03ef46f
/usr/share/applications/ibp.desktop
/usr/share/doc/ibp
/usr/share/doc/ibp/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/ibp.1.gz
/usr/share/pixmaps/ibp.png

References

Summary

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