How To Install z on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install z in Fedora 36. z is Maintains a jump-list of the directories you actually use

Introduction

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

What is z

Tracks your most used directories, based on ‘frecency’. After a short learning phase, z will take you to the most ‘frecent’ directory that matches ALL of the regexps given on the command line, in order.

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

Install z 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 z using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install z

Install z 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 z using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install z

How To Uninstall z on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove z

z Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/libexec/z.sh
/usr/share/man/man1/z.1.gz

References

Summary

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