How To Install rf on Fedora 34

rf is Read feeds from any source

Introduction

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

What is rf

Read feed is a command that reads feeds from any source. read feed uses the feed of a site to manage it with a command line interface.

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

Install rf 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 rf using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rf

Install rf 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 rf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rf

How To Uninstall rf on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove rf

rf Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/rf
/usr/share/doc/rf
/usr/share/doc/rf/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/rf/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/rf/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/rf/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/rf/README
/usr/share/doc/rf/rf-gnome
/usr/share/info/rf.info.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rf.1.gz
/usr/share/rf
/usr/share/rf/cmd.sh
/usr/share/rf/feeds

References

Summary

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