How To Install tcsh on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install tcsh in Fedora 36. tcsh is An enhanced version of csh, the C shell

Introduction

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

What is `tcsh`

Tcsh is an enhanced but completely compatible version of csh, the C shell. Tcsh is a command language interpreter which can be used both as an interactive login shell and as a shell script command processor. Tcsh includes a command line editor, programmable word completion, spelling correction, a history mechanism, job control and a C language like syntax.

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

Install tcsh 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 tcsh using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tcsh

Install tcsh 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 tcsh using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tcsh

How To Uninstall tcsh on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove tcsh

tcsh Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/csh
/usr/bin/tcsh
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/91
/usr/lib/.build-id/91/8dca06593c504c102577660cf3de7c35afb555
/usr/share/doc/tcsh
/usr/share/doc/tcsh/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/tcsh/Fixes
/usr/share/doc/tcsh/README.md
/usr/share/doc/tcsh/complete.tcsh
/usr/share/licenses/tcsh
/usr/share/licenses/tcsh/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/tcsh
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/tcsh
/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/tcsh
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/tcsh
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/tcsh
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/tcsh
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/tcsh
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/tcsh
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/tcsh
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/tcsh
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/tcsh
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/tcsh
/usr/share/man/man1/csh.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tcsh.1.gz

References

tcsh website

Summary

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