How to Install and Uninstall mlocate.x86_64 Package on Fedora 39

Last updated: November 28,2024

1. Install "mlocate.x86_64" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install mlocate.x86_64 on Fedora 39


    
        
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                sudo dnf update
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
                mlocate.x86_64
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "mlocate.x86_64" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall mlocate.x86_64 on Fedora 39:


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mlocate.x86_64 package on Fedora 39

Last metadata expiration check: 4:00:41 ago on Thu Mar 7 11:44:58 2024.
Available Packages
Name : mlocate
Version : 0.26
Release : 304.fc39
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 123 k
Source : mlocate-0.26-304.fc39.src.rpm
Repository : fedora
Summary : An utility for finding files by name
URL : https://fedorahosted.org/mlocate/
License : GPL-2.0-only
Description : mlocate is a locate/updatedb implementation. It keeps a database of
: all existing files and allows you to lookup files by name.
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: The 'm' stands for "merging": updatedb reuses the existing database to avoid
: rereading most of the file system, which makes updatedb faster and does not
: trash the system caches as much as traditional locate implementations.