How To Install fossil on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install fossil in Fedora 36. fossil is A distributed SCM with bug tracking and wiki

Introduction

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

What is fossil

Fossil is a simple, high-reliability, distributed software configuration management with distributed bug tracking, distributed wiki and built-in web interface.

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

Install fossil 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 fossil using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fossil

Install fossil 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 fossil using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fossil

How To Uninstall fossil on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove fossil

fossil Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/fossil
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/37
/usr/lib/.build-id/37/2dd02c2d101571b0c1409a91ca5fab3dc5ec9d
/usr/share/licenses/fossil
/usr/share/licenses/fossil/COPYRIGHT-BSD2.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/fossil.1.gz

References

Summary

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