How To Install prwd on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install prwd in Fedora 36. prwd is A tool to print a reduced working directory

Introduction

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

What is prwd

Most shells read $PS1 differently and have a very rigid way to display the current working directory. prwd allows you to have one way to handle the display of your working directory and use it across multiple shells. It also allows you to keep an eye on your current branch when you enter a project handled by git or mercurial.

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

Install prwd 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 prwd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install prwd

Install prwd 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 prwd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install prwd

How To Uninstall prwd on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove prwd

prwd Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/prwd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/07
/usr/lib/.build-id/07/bdc53f6dff8fad32c3983e66acd009be683464
/usr/share/doc/prwd
/usr/share/doc/prwd/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/prwd/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/prwd/TODO
/usr/share/doc/prwd/prwdrc.example
/usr/share/licenses/prwd
/usr/share/licenses/prwd/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/prwd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/prwdrc.5.gz

References

Summary

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