How To Install PackageKit-cron on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install PackageKit-cron in Fedora 36. PackageKit-cron is Cron job and related utilities for PackageKit

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install PackageKit-cron on Fedora 36.

What is PackageKit-cron

Crontab and utilities for running PackageKit as a cron job.

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

Install PackageKit-cron 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 PackageKit-cron using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install PackageKit-cron

Install PackageKit-cron 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 PackageKit-cron using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install PackageKit-cron

How To Uninstall PackageKit-cron on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the PackageKit-cron package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove PackageKit-cron

PackageKit-cron Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/cron.daily/packagekit-background.cron
/etc/sysconfig/packagekit-background

References

Summary

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