How To Install cloc on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install cloc in Fedora 36. cloc is Count lines of code

Introduction

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

What is `cloc`

A tool to count lines of code in various languages from a given directory.

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

Install cloc 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 cloc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cloc

Install cloc 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 cloc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cloc

How To Uninstall cloc on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove cloc

cloc Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/cloc
/usr/share/doc/cloc
/usr/share/doc/cloc/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/cloc/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/cloc/README
/usr/share/licenses/cloc
/usr/share/licenses/cloc/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/cloc.1.gz

References

cloc website

Summary

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