How To Install findutils on Fedora 34

findutils is The GNU versions of find utilities (find and xargs)

Introduction

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

What is findutils

The findutils package contains programs which will help you locate files on your system. The find utility searches through a hierarchy of directories looking for files which match a certain set of criteria (such as a file name pattern). The xargs utility builds and executes command lines from standard input arguments (usually lists of file names generated by the find command). You should install findutils because it includes tools that are very useful for finding things on your system.

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

Install findutils 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 findutils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install findutils

Install findutils 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 findutils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install findutils

How To Uninstall findutils on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove findutils

findutils Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/find
/usr/bin/xargs
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4/cf0cbb2cd5403ebb59bd84d617ed6e1e341d97
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2/566bddf802852814780cf78114e2f888f9be8d
/usr/share/doc/findutils
/usr/share/doc/findutils/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/findutils/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/findutils/README
/usr/share/doc/findutils/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/findutils/TODO
/usr/share/info/find-maint.info.gz
/usr/share/info/find.info-1.gz
/usr/share/info/find.info-2.gz
/usr/share/info/find.info.gz
/usr/share/licenses/findutils
/usr/share/licenses/findutils/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/lg/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/find.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xargs.1.gz

References

Summary

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