How To Install hxtools on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install hxtools in Fedora 36. hxtools is A collection of several tools

Introduction

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

What is hxtools

hxtools contains several tools for different tasks written by Jan Engelhardt. Currently only these tools are included in Fedora * fd0ssh - Pipe for password-over-stdin support to ssh * git-forest - A text-based git tree visualizer * ofl - Open file lister (replaces fuser and lsof -m) * peicon - PE files icons extractor

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

Install hxtools 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 hxtools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install hxtools

Install hxtools 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 hxtools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install hxtools

How To Uninstall hxtools on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove hxtools

hxtools Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/git-forest
/usr/bin/ofl
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/26
/usr/lib/.build-id/26/1dbaac1f922b65724fb5590115caba1ce88f3f
/usr/lib/.build-id/29
/usr/lib/.build-id/29/e64130ac8caad1d909e3ee9af8468ae31bbf28
/usr/lib/.build-id/84
/usr/lib/.build-id/84/5b9c29a0d0899292e257c11e64c878e3d533b3
/usr/libexec/hxtools/fd0ssh
/usr/libexec/hxtools/peicon
/usr/share/doc/hxtools
/usr/share/doc/hxtools/LICENSES.txt
/usr/share/licenses/hxtools
/usr/share/licenses/hxtools/LICENSE.GPL2
/usr/share/licenses/hxtools/LICENSE.GPL3
/usr/share/licenses/hxtools/LICENSE.WTFPL
/usr/share/man/man1/fd0ssh.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/git-forest.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ofl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/peicon.1.gz

References

Summary

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