How To Install linux-firmware-whence on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-firmware-whence in Fedora 36. linux-firmware-whence is WHENCE License file

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-firmware-whence on Fedora 36.

What is `linux-firmware-whence`

This package contains the WHENCE license file which documents the vendor license details.

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

Install linux-firmware-whence 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 linux-firmware-whence using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install linux-firmware-whence

Install linux-firmware-whence 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 linux-firmware-whence using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install linux-firmware-whence

How To Uninstall linux-firmware-whence on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the linux-firmware-whence package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove linux-firmware-whence

linux-firmware-whence Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/linux-firmware-whence
/usr/share/licenses/linux-firmware-whence/WHENCE

References

linux-firmware-whence website

Summary

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