How To Install fmf on CentOS 8
fmf is Flexible Metadata Format
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fmf on CentOS 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 CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fmf.
Install fmf 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 fmf using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install fmf
Install fmf 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 fmf using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install fmf
How To Uninstall fmf on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the fmf package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove fmf
fmf Package Contents on CentOS 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 CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.