How To Install ptrash on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ptrash on CentOS 7.
What is ptrash
Ptrash moves the named file(s) to the ~/.trash directory. Trash is located under the home directory of a user. It is a simple console based utility, I wrote after deleting some files, which I couldn’t retrieve back. Ptrash can also restore file(s) back to there original location. It has really proved very handy to me.
We can use yum or dnf to install ptrash on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ptrash.
Install ptrash on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install ptrash using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ptrash
Install ptrash on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install ptrash using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ptrash
How To Uninstall ptrash on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the ptrash package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ptrash
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ptrash on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.