How To Install phd2 on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install phd2 in Fedora 36. phd2 is Telescope guiding software

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install phd2 on Fedora 36.

What is phd2

PHD2 is telescope guiding software that simplifies the process of tracking a guide star, letting you concentrate on other aspects of deep-sky imaging or spectroscopy.

We can use yum or dnf to install phd2 on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install phd2.

Install phd2 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 phd2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install phd2

Install phd2 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 phd2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install phd2

How To Uninstall phd2 on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the phd2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove phd2

phd2 Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/phd2
/usr/bin/phd2.bin
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/88
/usr/lib/.build-id/88/cc8c163596d4e31c228f2588aeb35e0fa25e1a
/usr/share/applications/phd2.desktop
/usr/share/doc/phd2
/usr/share/doc/phd2/PHD_2.0_Architecture.docx
/usr/share/doc/phd2/README.txt
/usr/share/licenses/phd2
/usr/share/licenses/phd2/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/locale/ar_LY/LC_MESSAGES/phd2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca_ES/LC_MESSAGES/phd2.mo
/usr/share/locale/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/phd2.mo
/usr/share/locale/es_ES/LC_MESSAGES/phd2.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr_FR/LC_MESSAGES/phd2.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl_ES/LC_MESSAGES/phd2.mo
/usr/share/locale/it_IT/LC_MESSAGES/phd2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja_JP/LC_MESSAGES/phd2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko_KR/LC_MESSAGES/phd2.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb_NO/LC_MESSAGES/phd2.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl_PL/LC_MESSAGES/phd2.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/phd2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro_RO/LC_MESSAGES/phd2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru_RU/LC_MESSAGES/phd2.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk_UA/LC_MESSAGES/phd2.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/phd2.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/phd2.mo
/usr/share/metainfo/phd2.appdata.xml
/usr/share/phd2
/usr/share/phd2/PHD2GuideHelp.zip
/usr/share/phd2/locale
/usr/share/phd2/locale/fr_FR
/usr/share/phd2/locale/fr_FR/PHD2GuideHelp.zip
/usr/share/phd2/locale/ja_JP
/usr/share/phd2/locale/ja_JP/PHD2GuideHelp.zip
/usr/share/phd2/locale/ru_RU
/usr/share/phd2/locale/ru_RU/PHD2GuideHelp.zip
/usr/share/phd2/locale/zh_TW
/usr/share/phd2/locale/zh_TW/PHD2GuideHelp.zip
/usr/share/pixmaps/phd2.png

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install phd2 on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).