How To Install the_silver_searcher on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install the_silver_searcher on CentOS 8.
What is the_silver_searcher
The Silver Searcher is a code searching tool similar to ack, with a focus on speed.
We can use yum or dnf to install the_silver_searcher on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install the_silver_searcher.
Install the_silver_searcher 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 the_silver_searcher using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install the_silver_searcher
Install the_silver_searcher 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 the_silver_searcher using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install the_silver_searcher
How To Uninstall the_silver_searcher on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the the_silver_searcher package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove the_silver_searcher
the_silver_searcher Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/ag
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/57
/usr/lib/.build-id/57/321224cf2b65d7eb53204085956f39ab92ad36
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/ag
/usr/share/doc/the_silver_searcher
/usr/share/doc/the_silver_searcher/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/the_silver_searcher
/usr/share/licenses/the_silver_searcher/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/ag.1.gz
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_ag
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install the_silver_searcher on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.