How To Install surfraw on Fedora 34
surfraw is Shell Users Revolutionary Front Rage Against the Web
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install surfraw on Fedora 34.
What is surfraw
Surfraw provides a fast unix command line interface to a variety of popular WWW search engines and other artifacts of power. It reclaims google, altavista, babelfish, dejanews, freshmeat, research index, slashdot and many others from the false-prophet, pox-infested heathen lands of html-forms, placing these wonders where they belong, deep in unix heartland, as god loving extensions to the shell. Surfraw abstracts the browser away from input. Doing so lets it get on with what it’s good at. Browsing. Interpretation of linguistic forms is handed back to the shell, which is what it, and human beings are good at. Combined with netscape-remote or incremental text browsers, such as links (http (http of navigating speeds that leave GUI tainted idolaters agape with fear and wonder.
We can use yum or dnf to install surfraw on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install surfraw.
Install surfraw 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 surfraw using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install surfraw
Install surfraw 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 surfraw using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install surfraw
How To Uninstall surfraw on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the surfraw package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove surfraw
surfraw Package Contents on Fedora 34
/etc/xdg/surfraw
/etc/xdg/surfraw/bookmarks
/etc/xdg/surfraw/conf
/usr/bin/sr
/usr/bin/surfraw
/usr/bin/surfraw-update-path
/usr/libexec/surfraw
/usr/libexec/surfraw/S
/usr/libexec/surfraw/W
/usr/libexec/surfraw/acronym
/usr/libexec/surfraw/ads
/usr/libexec/surfraw/alioth
/usr/libexec/surfraw/amazon
/usr/libexec/surfraw/archpkg
/usr/libexec/surfraw/archwiki
/usr/libexec/surfraw/arxiv
/usr/libexec/surfraw/ask
/usr/libexec/surfraw/aur
/usr/libexec/surfraw/austlii
/usr/libexec/surfraw/bbcnews
/usr/libexec/surfraw/bing
/usr/libexec/surfraw/bookfinder
/usr/libexec/surfraw/bugmenot
/usr/libexec/surfraw/bugzilla
/usr/libexec/surfraw/cia
/usr/libexec/surfraw/cisco
/usr/libexec/surfraw/cite
/usr/libexec/surfraw/cliki
/usr/libexec/surfraw/cnn
/usr/libexec/surfraw/comlaw
/usr/libexec/surfraw/commandlinefu
/usr/libexec/surfraw/ctan
/usr/libexec/surfraw/currency
/usr/libexec/surfraw/cve
/usr/libexec/surfraw/debbugs
/usr/libexec/surfraw/debcodesearch
/usr/libexec/surfraw/debcontents
/usr/libexec/surfraw/deblists
/usr/libexec/surfraw/deblogs
/usr/libexec/surfraw/debpackages
/usr/libexec/surfraw/debpkghome
/usr/libexec/surfraw/debpts
/usr/libexec/surfraw/debsec
/usr/libexec/surfraw/debvcsbrowse
/usr/libexec/surfraw/debwiki
/usr/libexec/surfraw/deja
/usr/libexec/surfraw/discogs
/usr/libexec/surfraw/duckduckgo
/usr/libexec/surfraw/ebay
/usr/libexec/surfraw/etym
/usr/libexec/surfraw/excite
/usr/libexec/surfraw/f5
/usr/libexec/surfraw/finkpkg
/usr/libexec/surfraw/foldoc
/usr/libexec/surfraw/freebsd
/usr/libexec/surfraw/freedb
/usr/libexec/surfraw/freshmeat
/usr/libexec/surfraw/fsfdir
/usr/libexec/surfraw/gcache
/usr/libexec/surfraw/genbugs
/usr/libexec/surfraw/genportage
/usr/libexec/surfraw/github
/usr/libexec/surfraw/gmane
/usr/libexec/surfraw/google
/usr/libexec/surfraw/gutenberg
/usr/libexec/surfraw/imdb
/usr/libexec/surfraw/ixquick
/usr/libexec/surfraw/jamendo
/usr/libexec/surfraw/javasun
/usr/libexec/surfraw/jquery
/usr/libexec/surfraw/l1sp
/usr/libexec/surfraw/lastfm
/usr/libexec/surfraw/leodict
/usr/libexec/surfraw/lsm
/usr/libexec/surfraw/macports
/usr/libexec/surfraw/mathworld
/usr/libexec/surfraw/mdn
/usr/libexec/surfraw/mininova
/usr/libexec/surfraw/musicbrainz
/usr/libexec/surfraw/mysqldoc
/usr/libexec/surfraw/netbsd
/usr/libexec/surfraw/nlab
/usr/libexec/surfraw/ntrs
/usr/libexec/surfraw/openbsd
/usr/libexec/surfraw/oraclesearch
/usr/libexec/surfraw/pgdoc
/usr/libexec/surfraw/pgpkeys
/usr/libexec/surfraw/phpdoc
/usr/libexec/surfraw/pin
/usr/libexec/surfraw/piratebay
/usr/libexec/surfraw/priberam
/usr/libexec/surfraw/pubmed
/usr/libexec/surfraw/rae
/usr/libexec/surfraw/rfc
/usr/libexec/surfraw/scholar
/usr/libexec/surfraw/scpan
/usr/libexec/surfraw/searx
/usr/libexec/surfraw/slashdot
/usr/libexec/surfraw/slinuxdoc
/usr/libexec/surfraw/sourceforge
/usr/libexec/surfraw/springer
/usr/libexec/surfraw/stack
/usr/libexec/surfraw/stockquote
/usr/libexec/surfraw/thesaurus
/usr/libexec/surfraw/translate
/usr/libexec/surfraw/urban
/usr/libexec/surfraw/w3css
/usr/libexec/surfraw/w3html
/usr/libexec/surfraw/w3link
/usr/libexec/surfraw/w3rdf
/usr/libexec/surfraw/wayback
/usr/libexec/surfraw/webster
/usr/libexec/surfraw/wikipedia
/usr/libexec/surfraw/wiktionary
/usr/libexec/surfraw/woffle
/usr/libexec/surfraw/wolfram
/usr/libexec/surfraw/worldwidescience
/usr/libexec/surfraw/yahoo
/usr/libexec/surfraw/yandex
/usr/libexec/surfraw/youtube
/usr/share/doc/surfraw
/usr/share/doc/surfraw/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/surfraw/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/surfraw/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/surfraw/README
/usr/share/doc/surfraw/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/surfraw
/usr/share/licenses/surfraw/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/S.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/W.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/acronym.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ads.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/alioth.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/amazon.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/archpkg.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/archwiki.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/arxiv.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ask.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/aur.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/austlii.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bbcnews.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bing.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bookfinder.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bugmenot.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bugzilla.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cia.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cite.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cliki.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cnn.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/comlaw.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/commandlinefu.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ctan.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/currency.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cve.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/debbugs.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/debcodesearch.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/debcontents.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/deblists.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/deblogs.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/debpackages.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/debpkghome.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/debpts.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/debsec.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/debvcsbrowse.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/debwiki.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/deja.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/discogs.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/duckduckgo.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ebay.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/elvi.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/etym.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/excite.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/finkpkg.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/foldoc.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/freebsd.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/freedb.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/freshmeat.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fsfdir.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gcache.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/genbugs.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/genportage.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/github.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/google.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gutenberg.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/imdb.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ixquick.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/jamendo.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/javasun.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/l1sp.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lastfm.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/leodict.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lsm.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/macports.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mathworld.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mdn.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mininova.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/musicbrainz.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mysqldoc.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/netbsd.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ntrs.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/openbsd.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/oraclesearch.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pgdoc.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pgpkeys.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/phpdoc.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pin.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/piratebay.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/priberam.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pubmed.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rae.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rfc.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/scholar.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/scpan.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/searx.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/slashdot.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/slinuxdoc.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sourceforge.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/springer.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sr.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/stack.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/stockquote.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/surfraw-update-path.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/surfraw.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/thesaurus.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/translate.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/urban.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/w3css.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/w3html.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/w3link.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/w3rdf.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/wayback.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/webster.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/wikipedia.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/wiktionary.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/woffle.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/wolfram.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/worldwidescience.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/yahoo.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/yandex.1sr.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/youtube.1sr.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install surfraw on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.
