How To Install nosync on Fedora 34

nosync is Preload library for disabling file’s content synchronization Preload library for disabling file’s content synchronization

Introduction

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

What is nosync

nosync is a small preload library that can be used to disable synchronization of file’s content with storage devices on GNU/Linux. It works by overriding implementations of certain standard functions like fsync or open. nosync 1.1 10.fc34 x86_64 17 k nosync-1.1-10.fc34.src.rpm fedora Preload library for disabling file’s content synchronization http ASL 2.0 nosync is a small preload library that can be used to disable synchronization of file’s content with storage devices on GNU/Linux. It works by overriding implementations of certain standard functions like fsync or open.

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

Install nosync 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 nosync using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nosync

Install nosync 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 nosync using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nosync

How To Uninstall nosync on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove nosync

nosync Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/03
/usr/lib/.build-id/03/76f80faba072275e5da9ae896a75f2c1f229ca
/usr/lib64/nosync
/usr/lib64/nosync/nosync.so
/usr/share/doc/nosync
/usr/share/doc/nosync/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/nosync/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/nosync
/usr/share/licenses/nosync/LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/nosync/NOTICE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d/3fb6026ab5be9cc3bdef94bc1c96344babbc84
/usr/lib/nosync
/usr/lib/nosync/nosync.so
/usr/share/doc/nosync
/usr/share/doc/nosync/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/nosync/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/nosync
/usr/share/licenses/nosync/LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/nosync/NOTICE

References

Summary

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