How To Install wireless-regdb on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install wireless-regdb in Fedora 36. wireless-regdb is Regulatory database for 802.11 wireless networking

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wireless-regdb on Fedora 36.

What is `wireless-regdb`

The wireless-regdb package provides the regulatory rules database used by the kernels 802.11 networking stack in order to comply with radio frequency regulatory rules around the world.

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

Install wireless-regdb 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 wireless-regdb using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install wireless-regdb

Install wireless-regdb 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 wireless-regdb using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install wireless-regdb

How To Uninstall wireless-regdb on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the wireless-regdb package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove wireless-regdb

wireless-regdb Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/firmware/regulatory.db
/usr/lib/firmware/regulatory.db.p7s
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/85-regulatory.rules
/usr/sbin/setregdomain
/usr/share/doc/wireless-regdb
/usr/share/doc/wireless-regdb/README
/usr/share/licenses/wireless-regdb
/usr/share/licenses/wireless-regdb/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/setregdomain.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/regulatory.bin.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/regulatory.db.5.gz

References

wireless-regdb website

Summary

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