How To Install cc1541 on CentOS 8

cc1541 is Tool for creating Commodore 1541 Floppy disk images in D64, G64, D71 or D81 format

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cc1541 on CentOS 8.

What is `cc1541`

This is cc1541 v3.2, a tool for creating Commodore 1541 Floppy disk images in D64, G64, D71 or D81 format with custom sector interleaving etc. Also supports extended tracks 35-40 using either SPEED DOS or DOLPHIN DOS BAM-formatting.

We can use yum or dnf to install cc1541 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cc1541.

Install cc1541 on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install cc1541 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cc1541

Install cc1541 on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install cc1541 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cc1541

How To Uninstall cc1541 on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the cc1541 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove cc1541

cc1541 Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/cc1541
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab/63c4117a368635c063269be985807641e1007d
/usr/share/doc/cc1541
/usr/share/doc/cc1541/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/cc1541
/usr/share/licenses/cc1541/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/cc1541.1.gz

References

cc1541 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cc1541 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.