How To Install nwdiag on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install nwdiag in Fedora 36. nwdiag is Generate network-diagram images from text

Introduction

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

What is `nwdiag`

nwdiag and its family generate diagram images from simply text file. Features - Generates beautiful diagram images from simple text format (similar to graphviz’s DOT format) - Layouts diagram elements automatically - Embeds to many documentations; Sphinx, Trac, Redmine and some wikis - Supports many types of diagrams - logical network diagram (with this package) - block diagram (with the blockdiag package) - sequence diagram (with the seqdiag package) - activity diagram (with the actdiag package) Enjoy documentation with nwdiag !

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

Install nwdiag 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 nwdiag using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nwdiag

Install nwdiag 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 nwdiag using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nwdiag

How To Uninstall nwdiag on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove nwdiag

nwdiag Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/nwdiag
/usr/bin/packetdiag
/usr/bin/rackdiag
/usr/share/doc/nwdiag
/usr/share/doc/nwdiag/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/nwdiag
/usr/share/licenses/nwdiag/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/nwdiag.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/packetdiag.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rackdiag.1.gz

References

nwdiag website

Summary

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