How To Install wf on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install wf in Fedora 36. wf is Simple word frequency counter

Introduction

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

What is `wf`

wf scans a text file and counts the frequency of words through the whole text.

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

Install wf 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 wf using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install wf

Install wf 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 wf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install wf

How To Uninstall wf on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove wf

wf Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/wf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/03
/usr/lib/.build-id/03/d87f2aba0c6dfce2fed4ac6b0748675b2865b1
/usr/share/doc/wf
/usr/share/doc/wf/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/wf/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/wf/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/wf/README
/usr/share/doc/wf/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/wf
/usr/share/licenses/wf/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/wf.1.gz

References

wf website

Summary

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