How To Install ripgrep on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ripgrep
on Fedora 34.
What is ripgrep
Line-oriented search tool that recursively searches the current directory for a regex pattern while respecting gitignore rules. ripgrep has first class support on Windows, macOS and Linux.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install ripgrep
on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ripgrep.
Install ripgrep 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 ripgrep
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ripgrep
Install ripgrep 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 ripgrep
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ripgrep
How To Uninstall ripgrep on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the ripgrep
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ripgrep
ripgrep Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/rg
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/79
/usr/lib/.build-id/79/819d4ce88ea7f6615be43ef10f19fac8161c2f
/usr/share/bash-completion
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/rg.bash
/usr/share/doc/ripgrep
/usr/share/doc/ripgrep/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/ripgrep/FAQ.md
/usr/share/doc/ripgrep/GUIDE.md
/usr/share/doc/ripgrep/README.md
/usr/share/fish
/usr/share/fish/vendor_completions.d
/usr/share/fish/vendor_completions.d/rg.fish
/usr/share/licenses/ripgrep
/usr/share/licenses/ripgrep/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/ripgrep/LICENSE-MIT
/usr/share/licenses/ripgrep/UNLICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/rg.1.gz
/usr/share/zsh
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_rg
/usr/bin/rg
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6/37b8994c8e75e831c75379f6d9da2b226343c8
/usr/share/bash-completion
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/rg.bash
/usr/share/doc/ripgrep
/usr/share/doc/ripgrep/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/ripgrep/README.md
/usr/share/fish
/usr/share/fish/vendor_completions.d
/usr/share/fish/vendor_completions.d/rg.fish
/usr/share/licenses/ripgrep
/usr/share/licenses/ripgrep/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/ripgrep/LICENSE-MIT
/usr/share/licenses/ripgrep/UNLICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/rg.1.gz
/usr/share/zsh
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_rg
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ripgrep
on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.