How To Install grsync on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install grsync in Fedora 36. grsync is A Gtk+ GUI for rsync

Introduction

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

What is grsync

Grsync is a GUI (Graphical User Interface) for rsync, the commandline directory synchronization tool. It makes use of the GTK libraries and is released under the GPL license, so it is opensource. It is in beta stage and doesn’t support all of rsync features, but can be effectively used to synchronize local directories. For example some people use grsync to synchronize their music collection with removable devices or to backup personal files to a networked drive.

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

Install grsync 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 grsync using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install grsync

Install grsync 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 grsync using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install grsync

How To Uninstall grsync on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove grsync

grsync Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/grsync
/usr/bin/grsync-batch
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa/a8a4d35bd1a91251caa8a2e683f8bbd6117103
/usr/share/applications/grsync.desktop
/usr/share/doc/grsync
/usr/share/doc/grsync/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/grsync/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/grsync/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/grsync/README
/usr/share/grsync
/usr/share/grsync/grsync.glade
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/mimetypes/application-x-grsync-session.png
/usr/share/licenses/grsync
/usr/share/licenses/grsync/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ca_ES/LC_MESSAGES/grsync.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs_CZ/LC_MESSAGES/grsync.mo
/usr/share/locale/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/grsync.mo
/usr/share/locale/el_GR/LC_MESSAGES/grsync.mo
/usr/share/locale/es_ES/LC_MESSAGES/grsync.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr_FR/LC_MESSAGES/grsync.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl_ES/LC_MESSAGES/grsync.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr_HR/LC_MESSAGES/grsync.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu_HU/LC_MESSAGES/grsync.mo
/usr/share/locale/id_ID/LC_MESSAGES/grsync.mo
/usr/share/locale/it_IT/LC_MESSAGES/grsync.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb_NO/LC_MESSAGES/grsync.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl_NL/LC_MESSAGES/grsync.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/grsync.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_PT/LC_MESSAGES/grsync.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru_RU/LC_MESSAGES/grsync.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv_SE/LC_MESSAGES/grsync.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr_TR/LC_MESSAGES/grsync.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/grsync.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/grsync.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/grsync-batch.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/grsync.1.gz
/usr/share/mime/packages/grsync.xml
/usr/share/pixmaps/grsync-busy.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/grsync.png

References

Summary

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