How To Install patch on Fedora 34

patch is Utility for modifying/upgrading files

Introduction

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

What is `patch`

The patch program applies diff files to originals. The diff command is used to compare an original to a changed file. Diff lists the changes made to the file. A person who has the original file can then use the patch command with the diff file to add the changes to their original file (patching the file). Patch should be installed because it is a common way of upgrading applications.

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

Install patch 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 patch using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install patch

Install patch 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 patch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install patch

How To Uninstall patch on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove patch

patch Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/patch
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d/8977f6350bc09101a1e24a6436ec82a2b3c147
/usr/share/doc/patch
/usr/share/doc/patch/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/patch/README
/usr/share/licenses/patch
/usr/share/licenses/patch/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/patch.1.gz

References

patch website

Summary

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