How To Install tldr on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install tldr on Rocky Linux 8. tldr is Simplified and community-driven man pages

Introduction

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

What is tldr

A Python command line client for tldr - Simplified and community-driven man pages http

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

Install tldr 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 tldr using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tldr

Install tldr 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 tldr using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tldr

How To Uninstall tldr on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove tldr

tldr Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/tldr
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/tldr.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/tldr.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tldr-1.2.0-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tldr-1.2.0-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tldr-1.2.0-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tldr-1.2.0-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tldr-1.2.0-py3.6.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tldr-1.2.0-py3.6.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tldr-1.2.0-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tldr.py
/usr/share/doc/tldr
/usr/share/doc/tldr/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/tldr/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/tldr
/usr/share/licenses/tldr/LICENSE.md

References

Summary

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