How To Install libutempter on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install libutempter in Fedora 36. libutempter is A privileged helper for utmp/wtmp updates

Introduction

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

What is `libutempter`

This library provides interface for terminal emulators such as screen and xterm to record user sessions to utmp and wtmp files.

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

Install libutempter 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 libutempter using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libutempter

Install libutempter 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 libutempter using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libutempter

How To Uninstall libutempter on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove libutempter

libutempter Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4b
/usr/lib/.build-id/4b/1775b387cc50add6857e0b6ebe45003149e30c
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca/055b84e652d949537c790db4d6d7ac3f79d6c9
/usr/lib64/libutempter.so.0
/usr/lib64/libutempter.so.1.2.1
/usr/libexec/utempter
/usr/libexec/utempter/utempter
/usr/share/doc/libutempter
/usr/share/doc/libutempter/README
/usr/share/licenses/libutempter
/usr/share/licenses/libutempter/COPYING

References

libutempter website

Summary

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