How To Install bsdcat on Fedora 34

bsdcat is Expand files to standard output

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bsdcat on Fedora 34.

What is bsdcat

The bsdcat program typically takes a filename as an argument or reads standard input when used in a pipe. In both cases decompressed data it written to standard output.

We can use yum or dnf to install bsdcat on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bsdcat.

Install bsdcat on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install bsdcat using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bsdcat

Install bsdcat on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install bsdcat using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bsdcat

How To Uninstall bsdcat on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove bsdcat

bsdcat Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/bsdcat
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca/f77f3e345d08738cb518a2a2e6aca33812ba3f
/usr/share/doc/bsdcat
/usr/share/doc/bsdcat/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/bsdcat/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/bsdcat
/usr/share/licenses/bsdcat/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/bsdcat.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bsdcat on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.