How To Install sd on Fedora 34

sd is Intuitive find & replace CLI

Introduction

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

What is sd

Intuitive find & replace CLI. * Painless regular expressions sd uses regex syntax that you already know from JavaScript and Python. Forget about dealing with quirks of sed or awk - get productive immediately. * String-literal mode Non-regex find & replace. No more backslashes or remembering which characters are special and need to be escaped. * Easy to read, easy to write Find & replace expressions are split up, which makes them easy to read and write. No more messing with unclosed and escaped slashes. * Smart, common-sense defaults Defaults follow common sense and are tailored for typical daily use.

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

Install sd 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 sd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sd

Install sd 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 sd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sd

How To Uninstall sd on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove sd

sd Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/sd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/be
/usr/lib/.build-id/be/06a5ae22716502e5313227ff35ea7f7ecbdfd3
/usr/share/doc/sd
/usr/share/doc/sd/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/sd/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/sd
/usr/share/licenses/sd/LICENSE

References

Summary

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