How To Install nexcontrol on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install nexcontrol in Fedora 36. nexcontrol is Software to control your Celestron NexStar Telescope

Introduction

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

What is nexcontrol

NexControl is a perl code to interface with the NexStar series of scopes from Celestron.

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

Install nexcontrol 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 nexcontrol using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nexcontrol

Install nexcontrol 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 nexcontrol using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nexcontrol

How To Uninstall nexcontrol on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove nexcontrol

nexcontrol Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/nexcontrol
/usr/share/doc/nexcontrol
/usr/share/doc/nexcontrol/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/nexcontrol/README

References

Summary

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