How To Install fzf on Fedora 34

fzf is A command-line fuzzy finder written in Go

Introduction

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

What is fzf

fzf is a general-purpose command-line fuzzy finder. It’s an interactive Unix filter for command-line that can be used with any list; files, command history, processes, hostnames, bookmarks, git commits, etc.

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

Install fzf 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 fzf using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fzf

Install fzf 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 fzf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fzf

How To Uninstall fzf on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove fzf

fzf Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/bash_completion.d/fzf
/usr/bin/fzf
/usr/bin/fzf-tmux
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5c
/usr/lib/.build-id/5c/abe33ca93e278b18079cc246f51b5e6db9e28a
/usr/share/doc/fzf
/usr/share/doc/fzf/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/fzf/README-VIM.md
/usr/share/doc/fzf/README.Fedora
/usr/share/doc/fzf/README.md
/usr/share/fzf
/usr/share/fzf/shell
/usr/share/fzf/shell/key-bindings.bash
/usr/share/fzf/shell/key-bindings.fish
/usr/share/fzf/shell/key-bindings.zsh
/usr/share/licenses/fzf
/usr/share/licenses/fzf/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/fzf-tmux.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fzf.1.gz
/usr/share/nvim/site/plugin
/usr/share/nvim/site/plugin/fzf.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/plugin
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/plugin/fzf.vim
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions/fzf
/etc/bash_completion.d/fzf
/usr/bin/fzf
/usr/bin/fzf-tmux
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd/d60a818f64099ca5068a5b0dcc092107bc1910
/usr/share/doc/fzf
/usr/share/doc/fzf/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/fzf/README-VIM.md
/usr/share/doc/fzf/README.Fedora
/usr/share/doc/fzf/README.md
/usr/share/fzf
/usr/share/fzf/shell
/usr/share/fzf/shell/key-bindings.bash
/usr/share/fzf/shell/key-bindings.fish
/usr/share/fzf/shell/key-bindings.zsh
/usr/share/licenses/fzf
/usr/share/licenses/fzf/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/fzf-tmux.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fzf.1.gz
/usr/share/nvim/site/plugin
/usr/share/nvim/site/plugin/fzf.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/plugin
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/plugin/fzf.vim
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions/fzf

References

Summary

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