How To Install kio-upnp-ms on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install kio-upnp-ms in Fedora 36. kio-upnp-ms is UPnP mediaserver kio slave

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kio-upnp-ms on Fedora 36.

What is `kio-upnp-ms`

This is the UPnP MediaServer KIO-slave for the KDE platform. It supports both browse and search based MediaServers and is able to perform various tasks on them, including running queries, listing directories and files and allowing KDE based applications transparent access to them. Being used for Amarok UPnP support, the slave features many developer friendly features which allow faster speed or easier handling while compromising on user-friendliness when used “under the hood”. Functionality requires some user-intervention to re-enable the SOLID_UPNP backend, which is disabled in fedora by default due to many crashes ( see https SOLID_UPNP=1 environment variable, or copy the sample SOLID_UPNP.sh to $HOME/.kde/env/ to do it for you.

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

Install kio-upnp-ms 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 kio-upnp-ms using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kio-upnp-ms

Install kio-upnp-ms 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 kio-upnp-ms using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kio-upnp-ms

How To Uninstall kio-upnp-ms on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the kio-upnp-ms package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove kio-upnp-ms

kio-upnp-ms Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/67
/usr/lib/.build-id/67/b5ccb8592ae1007ffcdd42b8f09f3a578f7e2b
/usr/lib64/kde4/kio_upnp_ms.so
/usr/share/doc/kio-upnp-ms
/usr/share/doc/kio-upnp-ms/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/kio-upnp-ms/README
/usr/share/doc/kio-upnp-ms/README.release
/usr/share/doc/kio-upnp-ms/SOLID_UPNP.sh
/usr/share/doc/kio-upnp-ms/TODO
/usr/share/kde4/services/kio_upnp_ms.protocol

References

kio-upnp-ms website

Summary

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