How To Install wcd on Fedora 34

wcd is Chdir for DOS and Unix

Introduction

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

What is wcd

Wcd. Directory changer for DOS and Unix. Another Norton Change Directory (NCD) clone. Wcd is a command-line program to change directory fast. It saves time typing at the keyboard. One needs to type only a part of a directory name and wcd will jump to it. Wcd has a fast selection method in case of multiple matches and allows aliasing and banning of directories. Wcd also includes a full-screen interactive directory tree browser with speed search.

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

Install wcd 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 wcd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install wcd

Install wcd 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 wcd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install wcd

How To Uninstall wcd on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove wcd

wcd Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/profile.d/wcd.csh
/etc/profile.d/wcd.sh
/usr/bin/wcd.exe
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/df
/usr/lib/.build-id/df/ca319c9f8ff1c4fcd847e29f66518066134f32
/usr/share/doc/wcd-6.0.3
/usr/share/doc/wcd-6.0.3/INSTALL.txt
/usr/share/doc/wcd-6.0.3/README.txt
/usr/share/doc/wcd-6.0.3/UNIX.txt
/usr/share/doc/wcd-6.0.3/copying.txt
/usr/share/doc/wcd-6.0.3/de
/usr/share/doc/wcd-6.0.3/de/wcd.htm
/usr/share/doc/wcd-6.0.3/de/wcd.txt
/usr/share/doc/wcd-6.0.3/faq.txt
/usr/share/doc/wcd-6.0.3/fr
/usr/share/doc/wcd-6.0.3/fr/wcd.htm
/usr/share/doc/wcd-6.0.3/fr/wcd.txt
/usr/share/doc/wcd-6.0.3/nl
/usr/share/doc/wcd-6.0.3/nl/wcd.htm
/usr/share/doc/wcd-6.0.3/nl/wcd.txt
/usr/share/doc/wcd-6.0.3/problems.txt
/usr/share/doc/wcd-6.0.3/pt_BR
/usr/share/doc/wcd-6.0.3/pt_BR/wcd.htm
/usr/share/doc/wcd-6.0.3/pt_BR/wcd.txt
/usr/share/doc/wcd-6.0.3/todo.txt
/usr/share/doc/wcd-6.0.3/uk
/usr/share/doc/wcd-6.0.3/uk/wcd.htm
/usr/share/doc/wcd-6.0.3/uk/wcd.txt
/usr/share/doc/wcd-6.0.3/wcd.htm
/usr/share/doc/wcd-6.0.3/wcd.txt
/usr/share/doc/wcd-6.0.3/whatsnew.txt
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/wcd.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/wcd.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/wcd.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/wcd.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/wcd.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/wcd.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/wcd.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/wcd.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/wcd.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/wcd.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/wcd.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/wcd.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/wcd.mo
/usr/share/man/de/man1/wcd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man1/wcd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/wcd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/nl/man1/wcd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/pt_BR/man1/wcd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man1/wcd.1.gz

References

Summary

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