How To Install ptrash on Fedora 34

ptrash is Move file(s) to $XDG_DATA_HOME/Trash directory

Introduction

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

What is ptrash

Ptrash moves the named file(s) to the Trash directory. Trash is located under $XDG_DATA_HOME directory as defined by the Trash specification.[] It is a simple console based utility, I wrote after deleting some files, which I couldn’t retrieve back. Ptrash can also restore file(s) back to there original location. [] https

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

Install ptrash 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 ptrash using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ptrash

Install ptrash 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 ptrash using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ptrash

How To Uninstall ptrash on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove ptrash

ptrash Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/ptrash
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/54
/usr/lib/.build-id/54/c737a83a44cadd0aa31adc4fa10f1aa81154b2
/usr/share/doc/ptrash
/usr/share/doc/ptrash/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/ptrash/README
/usr/share/info/ptrash.info.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ptrash.1.gz

References

Summary

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