How To Install rpcgen on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpcgen in Fedora 36. rpcgen is RPC protocol compiler

Introduction

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

What is `rpcgen`

rpcgen is a tool that generates C code to implement an RPC protocol. The input to rpcgen is a language similar to C known as RPC Language (Remote Procedure Call Language).

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

Install rpcgen 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 rpcgen using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rpcgen

Install rpcgen 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 rpcgen using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rpcgen

How To Uninstall rpcgen on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove rpcgen

rpcgen Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/rpcgen
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/18
/usr/lib/.build-id/18/9dccb7b065e7d46bebd7760820282f86e82dbc
/usr/share/man/man1/rpcgen.1.gz

References

rpcgen website

Summary

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