How To Install monitor-edid on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install monitor-edid in Fedora 36. monitor-edid is Tool for probing and parsing monitor EDID

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install monitor-edid on Fedora 36.

What is `monitor-edid`

Monitor-edid is a tool for probing and parsing Extended display identification data (EDID) from monitors. For more information about EDID, see http

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

Install monitor-edid 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 monitor-edid using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install monitor-edid

Install monitor-edid 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 monitor-edid using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install monitor-edid

How To Uninstall monitor-edid on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the monitor-edid package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove monitor-edid

monitor-edid Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/monitor-parse-edid
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7/e8b06f4c6df740f16d6b270301f0fddd93e155
/usr/sbin/monitor-edid
/usr/sbin/monitor-get-edid
/usr/sbin/monitor-get-edid-using-vbe
/usr/share/doc/monitor-edid
/usr/share/doc/monitor-edid/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/monitor-edid/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/monitor-edid/README
/usr/share/licenses/monitor-edid
/usr/share/licenses/monitor-edid/COPYING

References

monitor-edid website

Summary

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