How To Install sid on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install sid in Fedora 36. sid is Storage Instantiation Daemon (SID)

Introduction

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

What is `sid`

Storage Instantiation Daemon (SID) aims to help with Linux storage device state tracking that encompasses device layers, groups and whole stacks by monitoring progression of events. Based on monitored states and further recorded information, it is able to trigger associated actions for well-defined triggers, including activation and deactivation of devices and their layers in the stack.

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

Install sid 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 sid using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sid

Install sid 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 sid using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sid

How To Uninstall sid on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove sid

sid Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/sysconfig/sid.sysconfig
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/ae35ac7e7e2a8532914d299e9c396b3b6afcc4
/usr/lib/systemd/system/sid.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/sid.socket
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/00-sid.rules
/usr/sbin/sid
/usr/share/doc/sid
/usr/share/doc/sid/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/sid
/usr/share/licenses/sid/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/sid.8.gz

References

sid website

Summary

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