How To Install ntpwait 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 ntpsec

sudo dnf makecache && sudo dnf -y install ntpsec

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

What is ntpwait 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 ntpwait 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 ntpwait 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 ntpwait using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ntpsec

Install ntpwait on Fedora 34 using yum

Because ntpwait 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 ntpwait package on your server/computer by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ntpsec

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

To update all the packages available on the system:

yum update

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

yum update ntpsec

To downgrade a package to an earlier version:

yum downgrade ntpsec

How to Upgrade ntpwait 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 ntpsec

How To remove ntpwait from Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove ntpsec

Extra info and code examples

NTP, the Network Time Protocol, is used to keep computer clocks accurate by synchronizing them over the Internet or a local network, or by following an accurate hardware receiver that interprets GPS, DCF-77, or similar time signals. This package contains the NTP daemon and utility programs. An NTP daemon needs to be running on each host that is to have its clock accuracy controlled by NTP. The same NTP daemon is also used to provide NTP service to other hosts. This is the NTPsec version of NTP. NTPsec is a secure, hardened, and improved implementation derived from the original NTP project. For more information about the NTP protocol and NTP server configuration and operation, install the package "ntpsec-doc".

Conclusion

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

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