How To Install ack on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install ack on Rocky Linux 8. ack is Grep-like text finder

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ack on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `ack`

Ack is designed as a replacement for grep.

We can use yum or dnf to install ack on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ack.

Install ack on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ack using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ack

Install ack on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ack using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ack

How To Uninstall ack on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove ack

ack Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/ack
/usr/share/doc/ack
/usr/share/doc/ack/Changes
/usr/share/doc/ack/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/ack
/usr/share/licenses/ack/LICENSE.md
/usr/share/man/man1/ack.1.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/App
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/App/Ack
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/App/Ack.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/App/Ack/ConfigDefault.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/App/Ack/ConfigFinder.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/App/Ack/ConfigLoader.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/App/Ack/File.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/App/Ack/Files.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/App/Ack/Filter
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/App/Ack/Filter.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/App/Ack/Filter/Collection.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/App/Ack/Filter/Default.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/App/Ack/Filter/Extension.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/App/Ack/Filter/ExtensionGroup.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/App/Ack/Filter/FirstLineMatch.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/App/Ack/Filter/Inverse.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/App/Ack/Filter/Is.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/App/Ack/Filter/IsGroup.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/App/Ack/Filter/IsPath.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/App/Ack/Filter/IsPathGroup.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/App/Ack/Filter/Match.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/App/Ack/Filter/MatchGroup.pm

References

ack website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ack on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.