How To Install colorize on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install colorize in Fedora 36. colorize is Perl script to colorize logs

Introduction

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

What is `colorize`

This is a short perl script to colorize your logs. You can use your own colors, you can simply modify your config file in your home directory, or system-wide (/etc/colorize).

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

Install colorize 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 colorize using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install colorize

Install colorize 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 colorize using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install colorize

How To Uninstall colorize on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove colorize

colorize Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/colorizerc
/usr/bin/colorize
/usr/share/doc/colorize
/usr/share/doc/colorize/README
/usr/share/doc/colorize/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/colorize/TIPS
/usr/share/doc/colorize/TODO
/usr/share/doc/colorize/changelog.gz
/usr/share/doc/colorize/copyright
/usr/share/doc/colorize/examples
/usr/share/doc/colorize/examples/Xlog.tar
/usr/share/doc/colorize/examples/colorize-fifo.sh
/usr/share/doc/colorize/examples/colorize-tail.sh
/usr/share/man/man1/colorize.1.gz

References

colorize website

Summary

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