How To Install shfmt on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install shfmt in Fedora 36. shfmt is Shell formatter

Introduction

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

What is `shfmt`

shfmt is a shell formatter. shfmt’s default shell formatting was chosen to be consistent, common, and predictable.

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

Install shfmt 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 shfmt using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install shfmt

Install shfmt 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 shfmt using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install shfmt

How To Uninstall shfmt on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove shfmt

shfmt Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/shfmt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8/1b6afc1b458a48702a6f216dd2e4ca520ddbe8
/usr/share/doc/shfmt
/usr/share/doc/shfmt/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/shfmt/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/shfmt
/usr/share/licenses/shfmt/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/shfmt.1.gz

References

shfmt website

Summary

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