How To Install tcsh on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install tcsh on Rocky Linux 8. tcsh is An enhanced version of csh, the C shell

Introduction

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

What is tcsh

Tcsh is an enhanced but completely compatible version of csh, the C shell. Tcsh is a command language interpreter which can be used both as an interactive login shell and as a shell script command processor. Tcsh includes a command line editor, programmable word completion, spelling correction, a history mechanism, job control and a C language like syntax.

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

Install tcsh 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 tcsh using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tcsh

Install tcsh 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 tcsh using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tcsh

How To Uninstall tcsh on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove tcsh

tcsh Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/csh
/usr/bin/tcsh
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/94
/usr/lib/.build-id/94/7eafb966b1b2e0cc6512b32ca26f5545b1af79
/usr/share/doc/tcsh
/usr/share/doc/tcsh/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/tcsh/Fixes
/usr/share/doc/tcsh/README.md
/usr/share/doc/tcsh/complete.tcsh
/usr/share/licenses/tcsh
/usr/share/licenses/tcsh/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/tcsh
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/tcsh
/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/tcsh
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/tcsh
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/tcsh
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/tcsh
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/tcsh
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/tcsh
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/tcsh
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/tcsh
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/tcsh
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/tcsh
/usr/share/man/man1/csh.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tcsh.1.gz

References

Summary

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