How To Install shc on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install shc in Fedora 36. shc is Shell script compiler

Introduction

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

What is `shc`

SHC is a generic shell script compiler. It takes a script, which is specified on the command line and produces C source code. The generated source code is then compiled and linked to produce a s- tripped binary.

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

Install shc 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 shc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install shc

Install shc 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 shc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install shc

How To Uninstall shc on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove shc

shc Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/shc
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c/22a8533fd6ebae06b41389b7c8787a1cb53232
/usr/share/doc/shc
/usr/share/doc/shc/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/shc/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/shc/README
/usr/share/doc/shc/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/shc
/usr/share/licenses/shc/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/shc.1.gz

References

shc website

Summary

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