How To Install sunwait on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install sunwait in Fedora 36. sunwait is Calculate sunrise, sunset, twilight

Introduction

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

What is `sunwait`

Sunwait is a small C program for calculating sunrise and sunset, as well as civil, nautical, and astronomical twilights. It has features that make it useful for home automation tasks.

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

Install sunwait 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 sunwait using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sunwait

Install sunwait 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 sunwait using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sunwait

How To Uninstall sunwait on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove sunwait

sunwait Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/sunwait
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/85
/usr/lib/.build-id/85/7ca5a081a49a46ed48cb1a23f3c9ea2bbe8f43
/usr/share/doc/sunwait
/usr/share/doc/sunwait/sunwait.html
/usr/share/licenses/sunwait
/usr/share/licenses/sunwait/COPYING

References

sunwait website

Summary

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