How To Install lirc-drv-ftdi on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install lirc-drv-ftdi in Fedora 36. lirc-drv-ftdi is Ftdi LIRC User-Space Driver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lirc-drv-ftdi on Fedora 36.

What is `lirc-drv-ftdi`

Part of the LIRC package suite which handles IR remotes. See the package lirc for more. This package contains a user-space driver which works together with the kernel, providing full support for the ftdi device. See http

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

Install lirc-drv-ftdi 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 lirc-drv-ftdi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lirc-drv-ftdi

Install lirc-drv-ftdi 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 lirc-drv-ftdi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lirc-drv-ftdi

How To Uninstall lirc-drv-ftdi on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the lirc-drv-ftdi package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove lirc-drv-ftdi

lirc-drv-ftdi Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/70/f9b0797d7b8a35abd8a4831c88f38d4e20bd03
/usr/lib64/lirc/plugins/ftdi.so
/usr/share/lirc/configs/ftdi.conf

References

lirc-drv-ftdi website

Summary

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