How To Install sysconftool on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install sysconftool in Fedora 36. sysconftool is Macros for aclocal to install configuration files

Introduction

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

What is sysconftool

sysconftool is a development utility that helps to install application configuration files. sysconftool allows an existing application to be upgraded without losing the older version’s configuration settings.

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

Install sysconftool 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 sysconftool using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sysconftool

Install sysconftool 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 sysconftool using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sysconftool

How To Uninstall sysconftool on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove sysconftool

sysconftool Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/sysconftoolcheck
/usr/bin/sysconftoolize
/usr/share/aclocal/sysconftool.m4
/usr/share/doc/sysconftool
/usr/share/doc/sysconftool/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/sysconftool/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/sysconftool/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/sysconftool/index.html
/usr/share/doc/sysconftool/sysconftool.1.html
/usr/share/doc/sysconftool/sysconftool.7.html
/usr/share/doc/sysconftool/sysconftoolcheck.1.html
/usr/share/licenses/sysconftool
/usr/share/licenses/sysconftool/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/sysconftool.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sysconftoolcheck.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/sysconftool.7.gz
/usr/share/sysconftool
/usr/share/sysconftool/sysconftool
/usr/share/sysconftool/sysconftoolcheck
/usr/share/sysconftool/sysconftoolize.am
/usr/share/sysconftool/sysconftoolize.pl

References

Summary

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