How To Install shtool on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install shtool on Fedora 34.
What is shtool
GNU shtool is a compilation of small but very stable and portable shell scripts into a single shell tool. All ingredients were in successful use over many years in various free software projects. The compiled shtool program is intended to be used inside the source tree of other free software packages. There it can overtake various (usually non-portable) tasks related to the building and installation of such a package. It especially can replace the old mkdir.sh, install.sh and related scripts.
We can use yum or dnf to install shtool on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install shtool.
Install shtool 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 shtool using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install shtool
Install shtool 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 shtool using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install shtool
How To Uninstall shtool on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the shtool package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove shtool
shtool Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/shtool
/usr/bin/shtoolize
/usr/share/aclocal/shtool.m4
/usr/share/doc/shtool
/usr/share/doc/shtool/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/shtool/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/shtool/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/shtool/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/shtool/RATIONAL
/usr/share/doc/shtool/README
/usr/share/doc/shtool/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/shtool/VERSION
/usr/share/man/man1/shtool-arx.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/shtool-echo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/shtool-fixperm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/shtool-install.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/shtool-mdate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/shtool-mkdir.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/shtool-mkln.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/shtool-mkshadow.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/shtool-move.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/shtool-path.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/shtool-platform.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/shtool-prop.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/shtool-rotate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/shtool-scpp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/shtool-slo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/shtool-subst.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/shtool-table.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/shtool-tarball.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/shtool-version.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/shtool.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/shtoolize.1.gz
/usr/share/shtool
/usr/share/shtool/sh.arx
/usr/share/shtool/sh.common
/usr/share/shtool/sh.echo
/usr/share/shtool/sh.fixperm
/usr/share/shtool/sh.install
/usr/share/shtool/sh.mdate
/usr/share/shtool/sh.mkdir
/usr/share/shtool/sh.mkln
/usr/share/shtool/sh.mkshadow
/usr/share/shtool/sh.move
/usr/share/shtool/sh.path
/usr/share/shtool/sh.platform
/usr/share/shtool/sh.prop
/usr/share/shtool/sh.rotate
/usr/share/shtool/sh.scpp
/usr/share/shtool/sh.slo
/usr/share/shtool/sh.subst
/usr/share/shtool/sh.table
/usr/share/shtool/sh.tarball
/usr/share/shtool/sh.version
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install shtool on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.