How To Install pdsh on Fedora 34

pdsh is Parallel remote shell program

Introduction

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

What is pdsh

Pdsh is a multithreaded remote shell client which executes commands on multiple remote hosts in parallel. Pdsh can use several different remote shell services, including standard “rsh”, Kerberos IV, and ssh.

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

Install pdsh 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 pdsh using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pdsh

Install pdsh 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 pdsh using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pdsh

How To Uninstall pdsh on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove pdsh

pdsh Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/dshbak
/usr/bin/pdcp
/usr/bin/pdsh
/usr/bin/rpdcp
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/09
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/08293c832c5911844bd21d5e2db1aab3898a30
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/08293c832c5911844bd21d5e2db1aab3898a30.1
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/08293c832c5911844bd21d5e2db1aab3898a30.2
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d/49e899bc98c2a574f00835d0fe548e185afd84
/usr/lib64/pdsh
/usr/lib64/pdsh/execcmd.so
/usr/share/doc/pdsh
/usr/share/doc/pdsh/DISCLAIMER.LLNS
/usr/share/doc/pdsh/DISCLAIMER.UC
/usr/share/doc/pdsh/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/pdsh/README
/usr/share/doc/pdsh/README.KRB4
/usr/share/doc/pdsh/README.modules
/usr/share/licenses/pdsh
/usr/share/licenses/pdsh/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/dshbak.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pdcp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pdsh.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rpdcp.1.gz

References

Summary

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