How To Install slrn-pull on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install slrn-pull in Fedora 36. slrn-pull is Offline news reading support for the SLRN news reader

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install slrn-pull on Fedora 36.

What is slrn-pull

The slrn-pull package provides the slrnpull utility, which allows you to set up a small news spool for offline news reading using the SLRN news reader. You also need to have the slrn package installed to use the slrnpull utility.

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

Install slrn-pull 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 slrn-pull using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install slrn-pull

Install slrn-pull 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 slrn-pull using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install slrn-pull

How To Uninstall slrn-pull on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the slrn-pull package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove slrn-pull

slrn-pull Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/cron.daily/slrn-pull-expire
/etc/logrotate.d/slrn-pull
/usr/bin/slrnpull
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/43
/usr/lib/.build-id/43/7acf4b316638a40fa7fc95450fd7698a7b26b9
/usr/share/doc/slrn-pull
/usr/share/doc/slrn-pull/README
/usr/share/doc/slrn-pull/README.offline
/usr/share/doc/slrn-pull/README.rpm
/usr/share/doc/slrn-pull/SETUP
/usr/share/doc/slrn-pull/score
/usr/share/doc/slrn-pull/setgid.txt
/usr/share/doc/slrn-pull/slrn.rc
/usr/share/doc/slrn-pull/slrnpull.conf
/usr/share/doc/slrn-pull/slrnpull.sh
/usr/share/man/man1/slrnpull.1.gz
/var/spool/slrnpull
/var/spool/slrnpull/out.going
/var/spool/slrnpull/slrnpull.conf

References

Summary

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