How To Install moreutils on Fedora 34

moreutils is Additional unix utilities

Introduction

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

What is moreutils

This is a growing collection of the unix tools that nobody thought to write thirty years ago. So far, it includes the following utilities - chronic - combine - errno - ifdata - ifne - isutf8 - lckdo - mispipe - parallel - pee - sponge - ts - vidir - vipe - zrun

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

Install moreutils 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 moreutils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install moreutils

Install moreutils 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 moreutils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install moreutils

How To Uninstall moreutils on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove moreutils

moreutils Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/chronic
/usr/bin/combine
/usr/bin/errno
/usr/bin/ifdata
/usr/bin/ifne
/usr/bin/isutf8
/usr/bin/lckdo
/usr/bin/mispipe
/usr/bin/pee
/usr/bin/sponge
/usr/bin/ts
/usr/bin/vidir
/usr/bin/vipe
/usr/bin/zrun
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d/d9c21524dd6505a0f5172bfccccba3fe102cc9
/usr/lib/.build-id/63
/usr/lib/.build-id/63/5b7989cc28e20e7ed07458fb8b79f174f15e67
/usr/lib/.build-id/71
/usr/lib/.build-id/71/470c1fd128fa33ea84863980b30980c9122fb1
/usr/lib/.build-id/74
/usr/lib/.build-id/74/d0aaebaa8b85cd2a1b4242e3fc5673f924372c
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b/b08100d4aa42438fa910c7f2efa90ad9604e9f
/usr/lib/.build-id/92
/usr/lib/.build-id/92/43084d98fce506fd2d42e800cad52f7eeb0b0e
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5/4f2a7ca91ce3cb9b6eacbbb4fced48f9e301e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5/1062debd446b86efa1de1c6bcb7c203d114e9c
/usr/share/doc/moreutils
/usr/share/doc/moreutils/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/moreutils/README
/usr/share/man/man1/chronic.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/combine.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/errno.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ifdata.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ifne.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/isutf8.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lckdo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mispipe.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pee.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sponge.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ts.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/vidir.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/vipe.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/zrun.1.gz

References

Summary

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