How To Install wsdd on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install wsdd in Fedora 36. wsdd is Web Services Dynamic Discovery host daemon

Introduction

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

What is `wsdd`

wsdd implements a Web Service Discovery host daemon. This enables (Samba) hosts, like your local NAS device, to be found by Web Service Discovery Clients like Windows.

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

Install wsdd 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 wsdd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install wsdd

Install wsdd 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 wsdd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install wsdd

How To Uninstall wsdd on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove wsdd

wsdd Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/sysconfig/wsdd
/usr/bin/wsdd
/usr/lib/firewalld/services/wsdd-http.xml
/usr/lib/firewalld/services/wsdd.xml
/usr/lib/systemd/system/wsdd.service
/usr/share/doc/wsdd
/usr/share/doc/wsdd/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/wsdd/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/wsdd
/usr/share/licenses/wsdd/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/wsdd.1.gz

References

wsdd website

Summary

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