How To Install radeontool on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install radeontool in Fedora 36. radeontool is Backlight and video output configuration tool for radeon cards

Introduction

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

What is radeontool

radeontool is used for debugging radeon related issues. In the past it has been used for backlight control, but this should no longer be required.

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

Install radeontool 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 radeontool using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install radeontool

Install radeontool 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 radeontool using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install radeontool

How To Uninstall radeontool on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove radeontool

radeontool Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/avivotool
/usr/bin/radeonreg
/usr/bin/radeontool
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/28
/usr/lib/.build-id/28/28eec852012001230bffbf80975cac0cdca3f7
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7/2838c307392fd1dc60fe1f239aa04445a14462
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa/bbb3cd34446824ec683b8f9ec860aa71b81271

References

Summary

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