How To Install the_silver_searcher on Fedora 34

the_silver_searcher is Super-fast text searching tool (ag)

Introduction

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

What is the_silver_searcher

The Silver Searcher is a code searching tool similar to ack, with a focus on speed.

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

Install the_silver_searcher 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 the_silver_searcher using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install the_silver_searcher

Install the_silver_searcher 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 the_silver_searcher using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install the_silver_searcher

How To Uninstall the_silver_searcher on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove the_silver_searcher

the_silver_searcher Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/ag
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/55
/usr/lib/.build-id/55/2d5422f580480c43f3385c458c761e779abe15
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/ag
/usr/share/doc/the_silver_searcher
/usr/share/doc/the_silver_searcher/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/the_silver_searcher
/usr/share/licenses/the_silver_searcher/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/ag.1.gz
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_ag
/usr/bin/ag
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1/ef66f12961617a44931bdb26141a05ec7e00d4
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/ag
/usr/share/doc/the_silver_searcher
/usr/share/doc/the_silver_searcher/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/the_silver_searcher
/usr/share/licenses/the_silver_searcher/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/ag.1.gz
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_ag

References

Summary

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