How To Install prwd on CentOS 8

prwd is A tool to print a reduced working directory

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install prwd on CentOS 8.

What is prwd

Most shells read $PS1 differently and have a very rigid way to display the current working directory. prwd allows you to have one way to handle the display of your working directory and use it across multiple shells. It also allows you to keep an eye on your current branch when you enter a project handled by git or mercurial.

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

Install prwd 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 prwd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install prwd

Install prwd 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 prwd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install prwd

How To Uninstall prwd on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove prwd

prwd Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/prwd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/66
/usr/lib/.build-id/66/6371567f6f745bd71760433c086e08bd5ab15d
/usr/share/doc/prwd
/usr/share/doc/prwd/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/prwd/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/prwd/TODO
/usr/share/doc/prwd/prwdrc.example
/usr/share/licenses/prwd
/usr/share/licenses/prwd/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/prwd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/prwdrc.5.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install prwd on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.