How To Install findutils on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install findutils on Fedora 36.
What is findutils
The findutils package contains programs which will help you locate files on your system. The find utility searches through a hierarchy of directories looking for files which match a certain set of criteria (such as a file name pattern). The xargs utility builds and executes command lines from standard input arguments (usually lists of file names generated by the find command). You should install findutils because it includes tools that are very useful for finding things on your system.
We can use yum or dnf to install findutils on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install findutils.
Install findutils 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 findutils using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install findutils
Install findutils 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 findutils using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install findutils
How To Uninstall findutils on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the findutils package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove findutils
findutils Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/bin/find
/usr/bin/xargs
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c/38b47d5d5ddb79bbd174240bb674c401565c80
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6/9f28d0c20aee8aa8b28882f83fe8265f31e4c9
/usr/share/doc/findutils
/usr/share/doc/findutils/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/findutils/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/findutils/README
/usr/share/doc/findutils/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/findutils/TODO
/usr/share/info/find-maint.info.gz
/usr/share/info/find.info-1.gz
/usr/share/info/find.info-2.gz
/usr/share/info/find.info.gz
/usr/share/licenses/findutils
/usr/share/licenses/findutils/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/lg/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/findutils.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/find.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xargs.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install findutils on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).
