How To Install ddgr on Fedora 34

ddgr is DuckDuckGo from the terminal

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ddgr on Fedora 34.

What is ddgr

ddgr is a cmdline utility to search DuckDuckGo from the terminal. While googler is highly popular among cmdline users, in many forums the need of a similar utility for privacy-aware DuckDuckGo came up. DuckDuckGo Bangs are super-cool too! So here’s ddgr for you! Unlike the web interface, you can specify the number of search results you would like to see per page. It’s more convenient than skimming through 30-odd search results per page. The default interface is carefully designed to use minimum space without sacrificing readability. ddgr isn’t affiliated to DuckDuckGo in any way.

We can use yum or dnf to install ddgr on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ddgr.

Install ddgr on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install ddgr

Install ddgr on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo yum -y install ddgr

How To Uninstall ddgr on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove ddgr

ddgr Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/ddgr
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/ddgr-completion.bash
/usr/share/doc/ddgr
/usr/share/doc/ddgr/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/ddgr/README.md
/usr/share/fish/vendor_functions.d
/usr/share/fish/vendor_functions.d/ddgr.fish
/usr/share/licenses/ddgr
/usr/share/licenses/ddgr/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/ddgr.1.gz
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_ddgr

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ddgr on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.