How To Install remake on Fedora 34

remake is Build system that bridges the gap between make and redo

Introduction

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

What is remake

Remake is a build system with features of both make and redo. See the documentation for details on usage and control file syntax.

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

Install remake 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 remake using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install remake

Install remake 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 remake using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install remake

How To Uninstall remake on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove remake

remake Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/remake
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/61
/usr/lib/.build-id/61/31361ec79f0b444d045d2bad0570961f99583f
/usr/share/doc/remake
/usr/share/doc/remake/README.md

References

Summary

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