How To Install samurai on Fedora 34

samurai is ninja-compatible build tool written in C

Introduction

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

What is samurai

samurai is a ninja-compatible build tool written in C99 with a focus on simplicity, speed, and portability.

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

Install samurai 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 samurai using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install samurai

Install samurai 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 samurai using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install samurai

How To Uninstall samurai on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove samurai

samurai Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/samu
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d/17f515179dc7079a899520cc16a49e2410f893
/usr/share/doc/samurai
/usr/share/doc/samurai/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/samurai
/usr/share/licenses/samurai/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/samu.1.gz

References

Summary

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