How To Install plocate on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install plocate in Fedora 36. plocate is Much faster locate

Introduction

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

What is `plocate`

plocate is a locate(1) based on posting lists, giving much faster searches on a much smaller index. It is a drop-in replacement for mlocate in nearly all aspects, and is fast on SSDs and non-SSDs alike.

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

Install plocate 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 plocate using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install plocate

Install plocate 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 plocate using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install plocate

How To Uninstall plocate on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove plocate

plocate Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/updatedb.conf
/usr/bin/locate
/usr/bin/plocate
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/cfdd3d9437f317731059419533adb86b503b10
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e/d1b91c14192c470cc52e9c801700f81259cd99
/usr/lib/.build-id/83
/usr/lib/.build-id/83/e1cb7df1ea1349691a8b7e0675f126f5fc1204
/usr/lib/systemd/system/plocate-updatedb.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/plocate-updatedb.timer
/usr/lib/sysusers.d/plocate.conf
/usr/sbin/plocate-build
/usr/sbin/updatedb
/usr/share/doc/plocate
/usr/share/doc/plocate/README
/usr/share/licenses/plocate
/usr/share/licenses/plocate/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/locate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/plocate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/updatedb.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/plocate-build.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/updatedb.8.gz
/var/lib/plocate
/var/lib/plocate/CACHEDIR.TAG
/var/lib/plocate/plocate.db

References

plocate website

Summary

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