How To Install slop on Fedora 34

slop is Command line tool to perform region SeLect OPeration with mouse Command line tool to perform region SeLect OPeration with mouse

Introduction

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

What is `slop`

slop (Select Operation) is an application that queries for a selection from the user and prints the region to stdout. slop 7.5 2.fc34 x86_64 111 k slop-7.5-2.fc34.src.rpm fedora Command line tool to perform region SeLect OPeration with mouse https GPLv3 slop (Select Operation) is an application that queries for a selection from the user and prints the region to stdout.

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

Install slop 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 slop using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install slop

Install slop 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 slop using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install slop

How To Uninstall slop on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove slop

slop Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/slop
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/27
/usr/lib/.build-id/27/99eb79bb3c0e4fb7b364b91c3b5cd5572416fe
/usr/share/doc/slop
/usr/share/doc/slop/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/slop
/usr/share/licenses/slop/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/slop/license.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/slop.1.gz
/usr/bin/slop
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc/42ec8980837664dbd072d7393a2397b242444f
/usr/share/doc/slop
/usr/share/doc/slop/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/slop
/usr/share/licenses/slop/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/slop/license.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/slop.1.gz

References

[slop website](https://github.com/naelstrof/slop https://github.com/naelstrof/slop)

Summary

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