How To Install fmf on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fmf on Rocky Linux 8.
What is fmf
The fmf Python module and command line tool implement a flexible format for defining metadata in plain text files which can be stored close to the source code. Thanks to hierarchical structure with support for inheritance and elasticity it provides an efficient way to organize data into well-sized text documents. This package contains the command line tool.
We can use yum or dnf to install fmf on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fmf.
Install fmf 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 fmf using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install fmf
Install fmf 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 fmf using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install fmf
How To Uninstall fmf on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the fmf package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove fmf
fmf Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/bin/fmf
/usr/share/doc/fmf
/usr/share/doc/fmf/README.rst
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/child
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/child/.fmf
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/child/.fmf/version
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/child/main.fmf
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/child/nobody
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/child/nobody/.fmf
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/child/nobody/.fmf/version
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/child/nobody/main.fmf
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/child/son
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/child/son/main.fmf
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/code
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/code/simple.py
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/conditions
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/conditions/.fmf
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/conditions/.fmf/version
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/conditions/main.fmf
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/deep
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/deep/.fmf
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/deep/.fmf/version
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/deep/main.fmf
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/empty
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/empty/.fmf
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/empty/.fmf/version
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/empty/main.fmf
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/empty/nothing
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/empty/nothing/ignored.txt
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/merge
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/merge/.fmf
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/merge/.fmf/version
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/merge/parent.fmf
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/scatter
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/scatter/.fmf
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/scatter/.fmf/version
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/scatter/main.fmf
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/scatter/object
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/scatter/object.fmf
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/scatter/object/main.fmf
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/touch
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/touch/.fmf
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/touch/.fmf/version
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/touch/main.fmf
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/touch/runtest.sh
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/wget
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/wget/.fmf
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/wget/.fmf/version
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/wget/.hidden
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/wget/.hidden.fmf
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/wget/.hidden/main.fmf
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/wget/download
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/wget/download/main.fmf
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/wget/main.fmf
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/wget/protocols
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/wget/protocols/ftp
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/wget/protocols/ftp/main.fmf
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/wget/protocols/http
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/wget/protocols/http/main.fmf
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/wget/protocols/https
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/wget/protocols/https/main.fmf
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/wget/protocols/main.fmf
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/wget/recursion
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/wget/recursion/deep.fmf
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/wget/recursion/fast.fmf
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/wget/recursion/main.fmf
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/wget/requirements
/usr/share/doc/fmf/examples/wget/requirements/main.fmf
/usr/share/licenses/fmf
/usr/share/licenses/fmf/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/fmf.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fmf on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
