How To Install less on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install less
on Fedora 36.
What is less
The less utility is a text file browser that resembles more, but has more capabilities. Less allows you to move backwards in the file as well as forwards. Since less doesn’t have to read the entire input file before it starts, less starts up more quickly than text editors (for example, vi). You should install less because it is a basic utility for viewing text files, and you’ll use it frequently.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install less
on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install less.
Install less 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 less
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install less
Install less 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 less
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install less
How To Uninstall less on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the less
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove less
less Package Contents on Fedora 36
/etc/profile.d/less.csh
/etc/profile.d/less.sh
/usr/bin/less
/usr/bin/lessecho
/usr/bin/lesskey
/usr/bin/lesspipe.sh
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e/c23c934862f8cc9c7437d2ea9a4099246be834
/usr/lib/.build-id/47
/usr/lib/.build-id/47/16c50f5bb20dce82262a80218b7643c3fa591d
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad/a3af419825bfe1f79855f19dc8c6b456251678
/usr/share/doc/less
/usr/share/doc/less/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/less/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/less/README
/usr/share/licenses/less
/usr/share/licenses/less/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/less/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/less.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lessecho.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lesskey.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install less
on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).