How To Install machineid on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install machineid in Fedora 36. machineid is Get the unique machine id of any host (without admin privileges)

Introduction

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

What is machineid

Get the unique machine id of any host (without admin privileges).

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

Install machineid 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 machineid using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install machineid

Install machineid 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 machineid using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install machineid

How To Uninstall machineid on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove machineid

machineid Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/machineid
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/30
/usr/lib/.build-id/30/84e41534f980d1b7f2a44a99535d205585d25b
/usr/share/doc/machineid
/usr/share/doc/machineid/README.md
/usr/share/doc/machineid/logo.png
/usr/share/licenses/machineid
/usr/share/licenses/machineid/LICENSE.md

References

Summary

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