How To Install ddgr on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ddgr on CentOS 8.
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 CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ddgr.
Install ddgr 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 ddgr using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ddgr
Install ddgr 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 ddgr using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ddgr
How To Uninstall ddgr on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the ddgr package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ddgr
ddgr Package Contents on CentOS 8
/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 CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.