How To Install owfs-tap on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install owfs-tap in Fedora 36. owfs-tap is Packet sniffer for the owserver protocol

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install owfs-tap on Fedora 36.

What is `owfs-tap`

owfs-tap is a packet sniffer for the owserver protocol

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

Install owfs-tap 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 owfs-tap using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install owfs-tap

Install owfs-tap 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 owfs-tap using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install owfs-tap

How To Uninstall owfs-tap on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the owfs-tap package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove owfs-tap

owfs-tap Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/owtap
/usr/share/doc/owfs-tap
/usr/share/doc/owfs-tap/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/owtap.1.gz

References

owfs-tap website

Summary

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