How To Install exfatprogs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install exfatprogs on Rocky Linux 8. exfatprogs is Userspace utilities for exFAT filesystems

Introduction

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

What is exfatprogs

Utilities for formatting and repairing exFAT filesystems.

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

Install exfatprogs 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 exfatprogs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install exfatprogs

Install exfatprogs 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 exfatprogs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install exfatprogs

How To Uninstall exfatprogs on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove exfatprogs

exfatprogs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f/15507e5aeceb6fb8342163043158e097731453
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f/4153320f7c8594144afb7794e2f03bd65b6e30
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/e27ac613502b3ae918141fb3f9807313eecafb
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2/44cd8fc5e9ded6a704b00fe20711a4086f3989
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1/8664834a48ca4623e835bf3e0d1ccfe4557cd7
/usr/sbin/dump.exfat
/usr/sbin/exfatlabel
/usr/sbin/fsck.exfat
/usr/sbin/mkfs.exfat
/usr/sbin/tune.exfat
/usr/share/doc/exfatprogs
/usr/share/doc/exfatprogs/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/exfatprogs
/usr/share/licenses/exfatprogs/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/dump.exfat.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/exfatlabel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/fsck.exfat.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/mkfs.exfat.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/tune.exfat.8.gz

References

Summary

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