How To Install bmap-tools on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install bmap-tools on Rocky Linux 8. bmap-tools is Tools to generate and flash sparse images using the “block map” (bmap) format

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bmap-tools on Rocky Linux 8.

What is bmap-tools

Tools to generate “block map” (a.k.a. bmap) files and flash images. Bmaptool is a generic tool for creating the block map (bmap) for a file, and copying files using the block map. The idea is that large file containing unused blocks, like raw system image files, can be copied or flashed a lot faster with bmaptool than with traditional tools like “dd” or “cp”. See https

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

Install bmap-tools 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 bmap-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bmap-tools

Install bmap-tools 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 bmap-tools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bmap-tools

How To Uninstall bmap-tools on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the bmap-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove bmap-tools

bmap-tools Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/bmaptool
/usr/share/man/man1/bmaptool.1.gz

References

Summary

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