How To Install macchanger on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install macchanger in Fedora 36. macchanger is An utility for viewing/manipulating the MAC address of network interfaces

Introduction

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

What is `macchanger`

Features * set specific MAC address of a network interface * set the MAC randomly * set a MAC of another vendor * set another MAC of the same vendor * reset MAC address to its original permanent hardware value * display a vendor MAC list (more than 18000 items)

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

Install macchanger 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 macchanger using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install macchanger

Install macchanger 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 macchanger using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install macchanger

How To Uninstall macchanger on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove macchanger

macchanger Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/macchanger
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/52
/usr/lib/.build-id/52/1919b994afa57eb12c638c0cf237cb92bf3762
/usr/share/doc/macchanger
/usr/share/doc/macchanger/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/macchanger/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/macchanger/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/macchanger/README
/usr/share/info/macchanger.info.gz
/usr/share/macchanger
/usr/share/macchanger/OUI.list
/usr/share/macchanger/wireless.list
/usr/share/man/man1/macchanger.1.gz

References

macchanger website

Summary

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