How To Install bash on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install bash in Fedora 36. bash is The GNU Bourne Again shell

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bash on Fedora 36.

What is `bash`

The GNU Bourne Again shell (Bash) is a shell or command language interpreter that is compatible with the Bourne shell (sh). Bash incorporates useful features from the Korn shell (ksh) and the C shell (csh). Most sh scripts can be run by bash without modification.

We can use yum or dnf to install bash on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bash.

Install bash on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install bash using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bash

Install bash on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install bash using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bash

How To Uninstall bash on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove bash

bash Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/skel/.bash_logout
/etc/skel/.bash_profile
/etc/skel/.bashrc
/usr/bin/alias
/usr/bin/bash
/usr/bin/bashbug
/usr/bin/bashbug-64
/usr/bin/bg
/usr/bin/cd
/usr/bin/command
/usr/bin/fc
/usr/bin/fg
/usr/bin/getopts
/usr/bin/hash
/usr/bin/jobs
/usr/bin/read
/usr/bin/sh
/usr/bin/type
/usr/bin/ulimit
/usr/bin/umask
/usr/bin/unalias
/usr/bin/wait
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c/4cb71fe5926100833643a8dd221ffb879477a5
/usr/share/doc/bash
/usr/share/doc/bash/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/bash/INTRO
/usr/share/doc/bash/RBASH
/usr/share/doc/bash/README
/usr/share/doc/bash/bash.html
/usr/share/doc/bash/bashref.html
/usr/share/info/bash.info.gz
/usr/share/licenses/bash
/usr/share/licenses/bash/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@boldquot/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@quot/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/..1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/:.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/[.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/alias.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bash.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bashbug-64.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bashbug.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bg.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bind.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/break.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/builtin.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/builtins.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/caller.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/command.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/compgen.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/complete.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/compopt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/continue.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/declare.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dirs.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/disown.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/enable.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/eval.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/exec.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/exit.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/export.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fg.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/getopts.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/hash.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/help.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/history.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/jobs.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/let.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/local.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/logout.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mapfile.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/popd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pushd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/read.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/readonly.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/return.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/set.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sh.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/shift.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/shopt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/source.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/suspend.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/times.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/trap.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/type.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/typeset.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ulimit.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/umask.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/unalias.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/unset.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/wait.1.gz

References

bash website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bash on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).