How To Install setup on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install setup in Fedora 36. setup is A set of system configuration and setup files

Introduction

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

What is setup

The setup package contains a set of important system configuration and setup files, such as passwd, group, and profile.

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

Install setup 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 setup using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install setup

Install setup 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 setup using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install setup

How To Uninstall setup on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove setup

setup Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/aliases
/etc/bashrc
/etc/csh.cshrc
/etc/csh.login
/etc/environment
/etc/ethertypes
/etc/exports
/etc/filesystems
/etc/fstab
/etc/group
/etc/gshadow
/etc/host.conf
/etc/hosts
/etc/inputrc
/etc/motd
/etc/motd.d
/etc/networks
/etc/passwd
/etc/printcap
/etc/profile
/etc/profile.d
/etc/profile.d/csh.local
/etc/profile.d/lang.csh
/etc/profile.d/lang.sh
/etc/profile.d/sh.local
/etc/protocols
/etc/services
/etc/shadow
/etc/shells
/etc/subgid
/etc/subuid
/run/motd
/run/motd.d
/usr/lib/motd
/usr/lib/motd.d
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/setup.conf
/usr/share/doc/setup
/usr/share/doc/setup/uidgid
/usr/share/licenses/setup
/usr/share/licenses/setup/COPYING
/etc/aliases
/etc/bashrc
/etc/csh.cshrc
/etc/csh.login
/etc/environment
/etc/ethertypes
/etc/exports
/etc/filesystems
/etc/fstab
/etc/group
/etc/gshadow
/etc/host.conf
/etc/hosts
/etc/inputrc
/etc/motd
/etc/motd.d
/etc/networks
/etc/passwd
/etc/printcap
/etc/profile
/etc/profile.d
/etc/profile.d/csh.local
/etc/profile.d/lang.csh
/etc/profile.d/lang.sh
/etc/profile.d/sh.local
/etc/protocols
/etc/services
/etc/shadow
/etc/shells
/etc/subgid
/etc/subuid
/run/motd
/run/motd.d
/usr/lib/motd
/usr/lib/motd.d
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/setup.conf
/usr/share/doc/setup
/usr/share/doc/setup/uidgid
/usr/share/licenses/setup
/usr/share/licenses/setup/COPYING
/var/log/lastlog

References

Summary

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