How To Install xawtv on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install xawtv in Fedora 36. xawtv is TV applications for video4linux compliant devices

Introduction

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

What is xawtv

Xawtv is a simple xaw-based TV program which uses the bttv driver or video4linux. Xawtv contains various command-line utilities for grabbing images and .avi movies, for tuning in to TV stations, etc. Xawtv also includes a grabber driver for vic.

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

Install xawtv 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 xawtv using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xawtv

Install xawtv 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 xawtv using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xawtv

How To Uninstall xawtv on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove xawtv

xawtv Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/pam.d/v4l-conf
/etc/security/console.apps/v4l-conf
/usr/bin/alevtd
/usr/bin/dump-mixers
/usr/bin/fbtv
/usr/bin/ntsc-cc
/usr/bin/pia
/usr/bin/propwatch
/usr/bin/radio
/usr/bin/record
/usr/bin/rootv
/usr/bin/scantv
/usr/bin/showriff
/usr/bin/streamer
/usr/bin/subtitles
/usr/bin/ttv
/usr/bin/v4l-conf
/usr/bin/v4l-info
/usr/bin/v4lctl
/usr/bin/webcam
/usr/bin/xawtv
/usr/bin/xawtv-remote
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/02
/usr/lib/.build-id/02/0f10882020ef1a77fa49ad460db5aabd21e2ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/03
/usr/lib/.build-id/03/a103a8e36b476a5f61ab332605ff39ee1fba9b
/usr/lib/.build-id/11
/usr/lib/.build-id/11/142a45257590bbb31c69a2a8c416e9b1fe2482
/usr/lib/.build-id/14
/usr/lib/.build-id/14/51124e4b4472b2cf01702121dc08dea2747e32
/usr/lib/.build-id/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/e76adb901f30582315311bbcb4fb88b6f3dde1
/usr/lib/.build-id/26
/usr/lib/.build-id/26/26cf0ea358cb31e93fc2b29c9931f49288fc19
/usr/lib/.build-id/26/5f27b2745222769107aae838933646f38d8ed7
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e/85d98720eccc297f5846672bf3b4357f7f2364
/usr/lib/.build-id/36
/usr/lib/.build-id/36/f2024e9905b6773b64db214379ff4b83fb427a
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e/6435f7892d1e41f414064bcf7d0e17183d0988
/usr/lib/.build-id/44
/usr/lib/.build-id/44/4fe666ffb8aab1555aaffb3e1315a192627b2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c/fdf554d06e82affaf7b2cd07edfe3125cada9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/57
/usr/lib/.build-id/57/bb81b5404b89ba47c270001a52965818cbd893
/usr/lib/.build-id/5c
/usr/lib/.build-id/5c/7d551616a9f3769fbd4ab473391a4f41d6823c
/usr/lib/.build-id/61
/usr/lib/.build-id/61/56a8d90bfe75aafa6c5b37626ba49bbeeeeff0
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/78337856af73f8c76bd6c74adc40fe87ed241b
/usr/lib/.build-id/70
/usr/lib/.build-id/70/5c9b245f431cbf5117c8c9e201e37b157081cd
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c/f39cb1381629ace6007f66dff6f13fcf9b3406
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b/cc50a3717dfec64da60c18f66b86a9b7022566
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7/505501a7211686a7a9652ae3aa5c210e11c435
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8/ce5c4f67ace4f0094bc340bfcf2e200cd3b367
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9/a712c7cb6142e46f60681cf946113c1bf61331
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad/324b3f28aee75c455ea270b5496b86308f25e6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0/a747e6d350996da3dacbfb596b0d970b55efc2
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb/5ee637a65494ac8988996f5337a7d032f572b9
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6/c2864648a6437b8d83680814124de9534cbeb1
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8/3d9514feb71dd9303e0887931a05dc291fd251
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca/16f67d4c8cc876388fda6d550fea5f4e6e59ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb/ce186b0a8fafee3802f48092cf22f322dcda8b
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb/d56e88340a0d71e3426259f53c27133d494b5f
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd/0337b3d58c2ebf9e7c7875b09a7c6de3eac8a8
/usr/lib/.build-id/d4
/usr/lib/.build-id/d4/12a0ebb66dc80fb1e1fe2e2c98e2a71ce06099
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5/bdca5fde7b2a081eba9851eb2fdb928c334509
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9/44c70eee0dd82bd1a06fbf1ab3abe213419631
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef/088b2fec8ca44a07cef0af04e882f9fa2e77db
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4/a945d9f4aa4631255fadc090e3e0618d608fb1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/b7f8fa80e4cbc765eaad1ca1845dad254a5d59
/usr/lib64/xawtv
/usr/lib64/xawtv/bilinear.so
/usr/lib64/xawtv/conv-mjpeg.so
/usr/lib64/xawtv/cubic.so
/usr/lib64/xawtv/drv0-libv4l.so
/usr/lib64/xawtv/drv0-v4l2.so
/usr/lib64/xawtv/flt-disor.so
/usr/lib64/xawtv/flt-gamma.so
/usr/lib64/xawtv/flt-invert.so
/usr/lib64/xawtv/flt-smooth.so
/usr/lib64/xawtv/linear-blend.so
/usr/lib64/xawtv/linedoubler.so
/usr/lib64/xawtv/read-avi.so
/usr/lib64/xawtv/read-dv.so
/usr/lib64/xawtv/snd-oss.so
/usr/lib64/xawtv/write-avi.so
/usr/lib64/xawtv/write-dv.so
/usr/sbin/v4l-conf
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/Xawtv
/usr/share/appdata/xawtv.appdata.xml
/usr/share/applications/xawtv.desktop
/usr/share/doc/xawtv
/usr/share/doc/xawtv/README
/usr/share/doc/xawtv/TODO
/usr/share/doc/xawtv/frequencies-europe
/usr/share/doc/xawtv/frequencies-japan
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/xawtv.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/xawtv.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/xawtv.png
/usr/share/licenses/xawtv
/usr/share/licenses/xawtv/COPYING
/usr/share/man/es/man1/fbtv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man1/rootv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man1/scantv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man1/streamer.1.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man1/subtitles.1.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man1/ttv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man1/v4lctl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man1/xawtv-remote.1.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man1/xawtv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man5/xawtvrc.5.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/v4l-conf.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man1/xawtv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/alevtd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dump-mixers.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fbtv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ntsc-cc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pia.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/propwatch.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/radio.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/record.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rootv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/scantv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/showriff.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/streamer.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/subtitles.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ttv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/v4l-info.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/v4lctl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/webcam.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xawtv-remote.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xawtv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/xawtvrc.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/v4l-conf.8.gz
/usr/share/xawtv
/usr/share/xawtv/Index.map
/usr/share/xawtv/argentina.list
/usr/share/xawtv/ccir-h.list
/usr/share/xawtv/ccir-i-iii.list
/usr/share/xawtv/ccir-sl-sh.list
/usr/share/xawtv/europe-east.list
/usr/share/xawtv/europe-west.list
/usr/share/xawtv/ntsc-bcast-jp.list
/usr/share/xawtv/ntsc-bcast.list
/usr/share/xawtv/ntsc-cable-ca.list
/usr/share/xawtv/ntsc-cable-jp.list
/usr/share/xawtv/ntsc-cable.list
/usr/share/xawtv/ntsc-hrc.list
/usr/share/xawtv/oirt-h.list
/usr/share/xawtv/oirt-i-iii.list
/usr/share/xawtv/oirt-sl-sh.list
/usr/share/xawtv/pal-australia-optus.list
/usr/share/xawtv/pal-australia.list
/usr/share/xawtv/pal-bcast-cn.list
/usr/share/xawtv/pal-bcast-za.list
/usr/share/xawtv/pal-ireland.list
/usr/share/xawtv/pal-italy.list
/usr/share/xawtv/pal-newzealand.list
/usr/share/xawtv/secam-france.list
/usr/share/xawtv/secam-russia.list
/usr/share/xawtv/uhf.list

References

Summary

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