How To Install skim on Fedora 34

skim is Fuzzy Finder in Rust

Introduction

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

What is skim

Fuzzy Finder in rust!.

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

Install skim 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 skim using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install skim

Install skim 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 skim using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install skim

How To Uninstall skim on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove skim

skim Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/sk
/usr/bin/sk-tmux
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b/59e70f6eef895cdedadcf04a5e52f608a73f90
/usr/share/bash-completion
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/sk
/usr/share/doc/skim
/usr/share/doc/skim/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/skim/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/skim
/usr/share/licenses/skim/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/sk-tmux.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sk.1.gz
/usr/share/nvim/site/plugin/skim.vim
/usr/share/skim
/usr/share/skim/shell
/usr/share/skim/shell/key-bindings.bash
/usr/share/skim/shell/key-bindings.fish
/usr/share/skim/shell/key-bindings.zsh
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/plugin/skim.vim
/usr/share/zsh
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_sk
/usr/bin/sk
/usr/bin/sk-tmux
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b/85130f81d76d2cb9f5a15d992fe70d0c4646a9
/usr/share/bash-completion
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/sk
/usr/share/doc/skim
/usr/share/doc/skim/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/skim/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/skim
/usr/share/licenses/skim/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/sk-tmux.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sk.1.gz
/usr/share/nvim/site/plugin/skim.vim
/usr/share/skim
/usr/share/skim/shell
/usr/share/skim/shell/key-bindings.bash
/usr/share/skim/shell/key-bindings.fish
/usr/share/skim/shell/key-bindings.zsh
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/plugin/skim.vim
/usr/share/zsh
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_sk

References

Summary

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