How To Install boltctl on Fedora 34

One-liner Install Command

If you are only interested in the installation command, here is a quick answer for you:

sudo yum makecache && sudo yum -y install bolt

sudo dnf makecache && sudo dnf -y install bolt

But if you are interested in the details with step-by-step instructions, the following information will be helpful.

What is boltctl and How to Install It?

First things first, you will need access to a server or computer running Fedora 34. This guide was written specifically with a server running Fedora 34 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install boltctl on Fedora 34. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install boltctl on Fedora 34 using dnf

First, update dnf packages database with dnf by running the next command:

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating database, You can install boltctl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bolt

Install boltctl on Fedora 34 using yum

Because boltctl is available in Fedora 34’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the yum packaging system.

To begin, update local packages database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

Now can install boltctl package on your server/computer by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bolt

How to upgrade (update) a single package boltctl using yum?

To update all the packages available on the system:

yum update

If you want to update a specific package like boltctl in this example you should use the following command:

yum update bolt

To downgrade a package to an earlier version:

yum downgrade bolt

How to Upgrade boltctl on Fedora 34 with dnf?

When you run the dnf update, all system packages with available updates are updated. However, if you want to upgrade a single package, then you would have to pass the package name as the argument to the dnf update command.

dnf update bolt

How To remove boltctl from Fedora 34

To uninstall only the boltctl package you can execute the following command:

sudo dnf remove bolt

Extra info and code examples

Thunderbolt 3 features different security modes that require devices to be authorized before they can be used. The D-Bus API can be used to list devices, enroll them (authorize and store them in the local database) and forget them again (remove previously enrolled devices). It also emits signals if new devices are connected (or removed). During enrollment devices can be set to be automatically authorized as soon as they are connected. A command line tool, called boltctl, can be used to control the daemon and perform all the above mentioned tasks.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install boltctl using dnf and yum package managers. Also, we showed how to update manually as a single package and different ways to uninstall the boltctl from Fedora 34.

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