How To Install ddrescue on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install ddrescue on Rocky Linux 8. ddrescue is Data recovery tool trying hard to rescue data in case of read errors

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ddrescue on Rocky Linux 8.

What is ddrescue

GNU ddrescue is a data recovery tool. It copies data from one file or block device (hard disc, cd-rom, etc) to another, trying hard to rescue data in case of read errors. GNU ddrescue does not truncate the output file if not asked to. So, every time you run it on the same output file, it tries to fill in the gaps.

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

Install ddrescue 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 ddrescue using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ddrescue

Install ddrescue 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 ddrescue using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ddrescue

How To Uninstall ddrescue on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove ddrescue

ddrescue Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/ddrescue
/usr/bin/ddrescuelog
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/10
/usr/lib/.build-id/10/8d249e6d4903997ecb204e1651db229ba9659b
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/61256fa6f031f496cd77e098c167639ccb482d
/usr/share/doc/ddrescue
/usr/share/doc/ddrescue/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/ddrescue/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/ddrescue/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/ddrescue/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/ddrescue/README
/usr/share/info/ddrescue.info.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ddrescue.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ddrescuelog.1.gz

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Summary

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