How To Install vdr-scraper2vdr on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install vdr-scraper2vdr in Fedora 36. vdr-scraper2vdr is A client plugin which provides scraped metadata from EPGD to other plugins

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vdr-scraper2vdr on Fedora 36.

What is vdr-scraper2vdr

Scraper2vdr acts as client and provides scraped metadata for tvshows and movies from epgd to other plugins via its service interface. The plugin cares about caching the images locally and also cleans up the images if not longer needed. epgd itself uses the thetvdb.com API for collecting series metadata and themoviedb.org API for movies. Check the websites of both services for the terms of use.

We can use yum or dnf to install vdr-scraper2vdr on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install vdr-scraper2vdr.

Install vdr-scraper2vdr 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 vdr-scraper2vdr using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install vdr-scraper2vdr

Install vdr-scraper2vdr 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 vdr-scraper2vdr using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vdr-scraper2vdr

How To Uninstall vdr-scraper2vdr on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the vdr-scraper2vdr package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove vdr-scraper2vdr

vdr-scraper2vdr Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/sysconfig/vdr-plugins.d/scraper2vdr.conf
/etc/vdr/plugins/scraper2vdr/epg.dat
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/da
/usr/lib/.build-id/da/f2c629e8646ba9749f13c0f38d3d6178990fb7
/usr/lib64/vdr/libvdr-scraper2vdr.so.2.6.1
/usr/share/doc/vdr-scraper2vdr
/usr/share/doc/vdr-scraper2vdr/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/vdr-scraper2vdr/HISTORY.h
/usr/share/doc/vdr-scraper2vdr/README
/usr/share/doc/vdr-scraper2vdr/README.md
/usr/share/locale/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/vdr-scraper2vdr.mo

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vdr-scraper2vdr on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).