How To Install kup on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install kup in Fedora 36. kup is Kernel.org Uploader

Introduction

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

What is `kup`

Kup is a secure upload tool used by kernel developers to upload cryptographically verified packages to kernel.org. This package includes the client-side kup utility.

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

Install kup 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 kup using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kup

Install kup 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 kup using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kup

How To Uninstall kup on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove kup

kup Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/kup
/usr/share/doc/kup
/usr/share/doc/kup/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/kup/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/kup/README
/usr/share/man/man1/kup.1.gz

References

kup website

Summary

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