How To Install ptrash on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ptrash in Fedora 36. ptrash is Move file(s) to $XDG_DATA_HOME/Trash directory

Introduction

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

What is ptrash

Ptrash moves the named file(s) to the Trash directory. Trash is located under $XDG_DATA_HOME directory as defined by the Trash specification.[] It is a simple console based utility, I wrote after deleting some files, which I couldn’t retrieve back. Ptrash can also restore file(s) back to there original location. [] https

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

Install ptrash 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 ptrash using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ptrash

Install ptrash 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 ptrash using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ptrash

How To Uninstall ptrash on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove ptrash

ptrash Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/ptrash
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/33
/usr/lib/.build-id/33/62646f92531c922e12efe278c3acbb93a3ce2e
/usr/share/doc/ptrash
/usr/share/doc/ptrash/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/ptrash/README
/usr/share/info/ptrash.info.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ptrash.1.gz

References

Summary

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