How To Install dosfstools on Fedora 34

dosfstools is Utilities for making and checking MS-DOS FAT filesystems on Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dosfstools on Fedora 34.

What is dosfstools

The dosfstools package includes the mkdosfs and dosfsck utilities, which respectively make and check MS-DOS FAT filesystems on hard drives or on floppies.

We can use yum or dnf to install dosfstools on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dosfstools.

Install dosfstools on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install dosfstools

Install dosfstools on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo yum -y install dosfstools

How To Uninstall dosfstools on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove dosfstools

dosfstools Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f/9dca35c8eb4e2b7dd093c233fbc5284e24d1b2
/usr/lib/.build-id/80
/usr/lib/.build-id/80/d20e8e15ec246a44e3d5465512a58cd135464f
/usr/lib/.build-id/91
/usr/lib/.build-id/91/d6d88ef732cb50e187a8263ea5138b0cd7e004
/usr/sbin/dosfsck
/usr/sbin/dosfslabel
/usr/sbin/fatlabel
/usr/sbin/fsck.fat
/usr/sbin/fsck.msdos
/usr/sbin/fsck.vfat
/usr/sbin/mkdosfs
/usr/sbin/mkfs.fat
/usr/sbin/mkfs.msdos
/usr/sbin/mkfs.vfat
/usr/share/doc/dosfstools
/usr/share/doc/dosfstools/ANNOUNCE.mkdosfs
/usr/share/doc/dosfstools/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/dosfstools/ChangeLog.dosfsck
/usr/share/doc/dosfstools/ChangeLog.dosfstools-2.x
/usr/share/doc/dosfstools/ChangeLog.mkdosfs
/usr/share/doc/dosfstools/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/dosfstools/README
/usr/share/doc/dosfstools/README.dosfsck
/usr/share/doc/dosfstools/README.dosfstools-2.x
/usr/share/doc/dosfstools/README.mkdosfs
/usr/share/doc/dosfstools/TODO.dosfstools-2.x
/usr/share/licenses/dosfstools
/usr/share/licenses/dosfstools/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/dosfsck.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dosfslabel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/fatlabel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/fsck.fat.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/fsck.msdos.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/fsck.vfat.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/mkdosfs.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/mkfs.fat.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/mkfs.msdos.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/mkfs.vfat.8.gz

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dosfstools on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.