How To Install hstr on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install hstr on Rocky Linux 8. hstr is Suggest box like shell history completion

Introduction

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

What is `hstr`

A command line utility that brings improved shell command completion from the history. It aims to make completion easier and faster than Ctrl-r.

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

Install hstr 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 hstr using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install hstr

Install hstr 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 hstr using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install hstr

How To Uninstall hstr on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove hstr

hstr Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/hh
/usr/bin/hstr
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/60
/usr/lib/.build-id/60/2313d0d16f10a0c22fbf8a0e8d7fc0e0383a11
/usr/lib/.build-id/60/2313d0d16f10a0c22fbf8a0e8d7fc0e0383a11.1
/usr/share/bash-completion
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/hstr
/usr/share/doc/hstr
/usr/share/doc/hstr/Changelog
/usr/share/doc/hstr/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/hstr
/usr/share/licenses/hstr/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/hstr.1.gz

References

hstr website

Summary

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