How To Install rpl on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpl in Fedora 36. rpl is Intelligent recursive search/replace utility

Introduction

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

What is rpl

rpl is a UN*X text replacement utility. It will replace strings with new strings in multiple text files. It can work recursively over directories and supports limiting the search to specific file suffixes. rpl was originally written by Joe Laffey; this is a rewritten version.

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

Install rpl 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 rpl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rpl

Install rpl 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 rpl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rpl

How To Uninstall rpl on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove rpl

rpl Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/rpl
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rpl-1.5.7-py3.10.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rpl-1.5.7-py3.10.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rpl-1.5.7-py3.10.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rpl-1.5.7-py3.10.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rpl-1.5.7-py3.10.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/share/doc/rpl
/usr/share/doc/rpl/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/rpl/README.md
/usr/share/man/man1/rpl.1.gz

References

Summary

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