How To Install txt2regex on CentOS 8

txt2regex is Regular expression wizard that converts human sentences to regexes

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install txt2regex on CentOS 8.

What is txt2regex

txt2regex is a regular expression wizard that converts human sentences to regexes. In a simple interactive interface, you just answer questions and build your own regex for a large variety of software and programming languages.

We can use yum or dnf to install txt2regex on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install txt2regex.

Install txt2regex on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install txt2regex using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install txt2regex

Install txt2regex on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install txt2regex using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install txt2regex

How To Uninstall txt2regex on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the txt2regex package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove txt2regex

txt2regex Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/txt2regex
/usr/share/doc/txt2regex
/usr/share/doc/txt2regex/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/txt2regex/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/txt2regex/README.md
/usr/share/doc/txt2regex/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/txt2regex
/usr/share/licenses/txt2regex/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/txt2regex.mo
/usr/share/locale/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/txt2regex.mo
/usr/share/locale/es_ES/LC_MESSAGES/txt2regex.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr_FR/LC_MESSAGES/txt2regex.mo
/usr/share/locale/id_ID/LC_MESSAGES/txt2regex.mo
/usr/share/locale/it_IT/LC_MESSAGES/txt2regex.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/txt2regex.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl_PL/LC_MESSAGES/txt2regex.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/txt2regex.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro_RO/LC_MESSAGES/txt2regex.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/txt2regex.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/txt2regex.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install txt2regex on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.