How To Install autojump on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install autojump on Rocky Linux 8. autojump is A fast way to navigate your filesystem from the command line

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install autojump on Rocky Linux 8.

What is autojump

autojump is a faster way to navigate your filesystem. It works by maintaining a database of the directories you use the most from the command line.

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

Install autojump on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install autojump

Install autojump on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install autojump

How To Uninstall autojump on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove autojump

autojump Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/profile.d/autojump.sh
/usr/bin/autojump
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/autojump_data.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/autojump_data.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/autojump_match.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/autojump_match.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/autojump_utils.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/autojump_utils.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/autojump_data.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/autojump_match.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/autojump_utils.py
/usr/share/autojump
/usr/share/autojump/autojump.bash
/usr/share/autojump/icon.png
/usr/share/doc/autojump
/usr/share/doc/autojump/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/autojump/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/autojump
/usr/share/licenses/autojump/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/autojump.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install autojump on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.