How To Install pv on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install pv in Fedora 36. pv is A tool for monitoring the progress of data through a pipeline

Introduction

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

What is `pv`

PV (“Pipe Viewer”) is a tool for monitoring the progress of data through a pipeline. It can be inserted into any normal pipeline between two processes to give a visual indication of how quickly data is passing through, how long it has taken, how near to completion it is, and an estimate of how long it will be until completion.

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

Install pv 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 pv using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pv

Install pv 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 pv using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pv

How To Uninstall pv on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove pv

pv Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/pv
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/97
/usr/lib/.build-id/97/f73a1502c41216a90399c59596d3632415030e
/usr/share/doc/pv
/usr/share/doc/pv/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/pv/README
/usr/share/doc/pv/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/pv
/usr/share/licenses/pv/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/pv.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/pv.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/pv.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/pv.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/pv.1.gz

References

pv website

Summary

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