How To Install osinfo-db-tools on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install osinfo-db-tools in Fedora 36. osinfo-db-tools is Tools for managing the osinfo database

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install osinfo-db-tools on Fedora 36.

What is `osinfo-db-tools`

This package provides tools for managing the osinfo database of information about operating systems for use with virtualization

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

Install osinfo-db-tools 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 osinfo-db-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install osinfo-db-tools

Install osinfo-db-tools 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 osinfo-db-tools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install osinfo-db-tools

How To Uninstall osinfo-db-tools on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the osinfo-db-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove osinfo-db-tools

osinfo-db-tools Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/osinfo-db-export
/usr/bin/osinfo-db-import
/usr/bin/osinfo-db-path
/usr/bin/osinfo-db-validate
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/12
/usr/lib/.build-id/12/01e3a84820f1c6ab22311aeaff1148456fb0d8
/usr/lib/.build-id/63
/usr/lib/.build-id/63/b167652b38cee7e12798cb31a4e8a7eb10d627
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb/5b467fdb5dacde5f1bf79cf4e621fb7f68a9f4
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2/fd8e57fc5b757b6a654eea08bec021baac527a
/usr/share/doc/osinfo-db-tools
/usr/share/doc/osinfo-db-tools/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/osinfo-db-tools/README
/usr/share/licenses/osinfo-db-tools
/usr/share/licenses/osinfo-db-tools/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/osinfo-db-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/osinfo-db-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/osinfo-db-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/osinfo-db-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/osinfo-db-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/osinfo-db-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/osinfo-db-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/osinfo-db-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/osinfo-db-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/osinfo-db-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/osinfo-db-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_PT/LC_MESSAGES/osinfo-db-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/osinfo-db-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/osinfo-db-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/osinfo-db-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/osinfo-db-tools.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/osinfo-db-export.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/osinfo-db-import.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/osinfo-db-path.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/osinfo-db-validate.1.gz

References

osinfo-db-tools website

Summary

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