How To Install smbios-utils on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install smbios-utils in Fedora 36. smbios-utils is Meta-package that pulls in all smbios binaries and python scripts

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install smbios-utils on Fedora 36.

What is `smbios-utils`

This is a meta-package that pulls in the binary libsmbios executables as well as the python executables.

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

Install smbios-utils 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 smbios-utils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install smbios-utils

Install smbios-utils 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 smbios-utils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install smbios-utils

How To Uninstall smbios-utils on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the smbios-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove smbios-utils

smbios-utils Package Contents on Fedora 36

References

smbios-utils website

Summary

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