How To Install ftop on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ftop in Fedora 36. ftop is Utility that shows shows progress of open files and file systems

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ftop on Fedora 36.

What is ftop

Ftop is to files what top is to processes. The progress of all open files file systems can be monitored. The selection of which files to display is possible through a wide assortment of options. As with top, the items are displayed in order from most to least active.

We can use yum or dnf to install ftop on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ftop.

Install ftop on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install ftop

Install ftop on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install ftop

How To Uninstall ftop on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove ftop

ftop Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/ftop
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e/57e9ee997f0003cf55ab6fdd0b7ce2047b275c
/usr/share/doc/ftop
/usr/share/doc/ftop/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/ftop/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/ftop/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/ftop/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/ftop/README
/usr/share/man/man1/ftop.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ftop on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).