How To Install sl on Fedora 34

sl is Joke command for when you type ‘sl’ instead of ’ls’

Introduction

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

What is sl

The sl (Steam Locomotive) command is a joke which displays a train on your terminal when you accidentally type ‘sl’ instead of ’ls’.

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

Install sl 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 sl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sl

Install sl 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 sl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sl

How To Uninstall sl on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove sl

sl Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/sl
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9/e1a4a70a98bdde685eea5d33622c0ecfe985f0
/usr/share/doc/sl
/usr/share/doc/sl/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/sl/README.ja.md
/usr/share/doc/sl/README.md
/usr/share/man/ja/man1/sl.1.ja.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sl.1.gz

References

Summary

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