How To Install uuidd on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install uuidd in Fedora 36. uuidd is Helper daemon to guarantee uniqueness of time-based UUIDs

Introduction

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

What is `uuidd`

The uuidd package contains a userspace daemon (uuidd) which guarantees uniqueness of time-based UUID generation even at very high rates on SMP systems.

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

Install uuidd 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 uuidd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install uuidd

Install uuidd 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 uuidd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install uuidd

How To Uninstall uuidd on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove uuidd

uuidd Package Contents on Fedora 36

/run/uuidd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/81/095512adbde47bfcd307a7b3314b84a9521bb7
/usr/lib/systemd/system/uuidd.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/uuidd.socket
/usr/sbin/uuidd
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/uuidd
/usr/share/licenses/uuidd
/usr/share/licenses/uuidd/COPYING.GPL-2.0-or-later
/usr/share/man/man8/uuidd.8.gz
/var/lib/libuuid

References

uuidd website

Summary

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