How To Install pdfgrep on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pdfgrep on CentOS 8.
What is pdfgrep
Pdfgrep is a tool, that works similar to grep, to search text in PDF files. It tries to be compatible with GNU grep, thus many of the favorite GNU grep options are supported. Pdfgrep can search many PDFs at once, even recursively in directories. It supports regular expressions (POSIX and PCRE), provides colored output and finally also support for password protected PDF files.
We can use yum or dnf to install pdfgrep on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pdfgrep.
Install pdfgrep 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 pdfgrep using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pdfgrep
Install pdfgrep 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 pdfgrep using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pdfgrep
How To Uninstall pdfgrep on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the pdfgrep package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pdfgrep
pdfgrep Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/pdfgrep
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2/e603c6cc90a3ec20000394d6ee3dfbf0fe695c
/usr/share/bash-completion
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/pdfgrep
/usr/share/doc/pdfgrep
/usr/share/doc/pdfgrep/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/pdfgrep/NEWS.md
/usr/share/doc/pdfgrep/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/pdfgrep
/usr/share/licenses/pdfgrep/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/pdfgrep.1.gz
/usr/share/zsh
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_pdfgrep
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pdfgrep on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.