How To Install gdisk on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gdisk on CentOS 8.
What is gdisk
An fdisk-like partitioning tool for GPT disks. GPT fdisk features a command-line interface, fairly direct manipulation of partition table structures, recovery tools to help you deal with corrupt partition tables, and the ability to convert MBR disks to GPT format.
We can use yum or dnf to install gdisk on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gdisk.
Install gdisk 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 gdisk using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install gdisk
Install gdisk 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 gdisk using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gdisk
How To Uninstall gdisk on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the gdisk package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove gdisk
gdisk Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c/ce5f72d9a923f3cd0eaee0950d5e6e2fdb0bc2
/usr/lib/.build-id/37
/usr/lib/.build-id/37/aaa38b699a67de9801d3cd1267d2a2c25c02d4
/usr/lib/.build-id/56
/usr/lib/.build-id/56/5bb124cea3eba32d9892bdf0dbb030d77625ac
/usr/lib/.build-id/63
/usr/lib/.build-id/63/090f3748c69699fdc7750ec5ddbbc71de4e8b8
/usr/sbin/cgdisk
/usr/sbin/fixparts
/usr/sbin/gdisk
/usr/sbin/sgdisk
/usr/share/doc/gdisk
/usr/share/doc/gdisk/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gdisk/README
/usr/share/doc/gdisk/gdisk_test.sh
/usr/share/licenses/gdisk
/usr/share/licenses/gdisk/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/cgdisk.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/fixparts.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/gdisk.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sgdisk.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gdisk on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.