How To Install 9pfs on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install 9pfs on Fedora 34.
What is 9pfs
Protocol 9P is developed for Plan9 operating system from Bell Labs. It is used for remote file access, and since files are key objects in Plan9, 9P can be used also for composite file access, RPC etc. This package contains simple file server for the 9p protocoll.
We can use yum or dnf to install 9pfs on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install 9pfs.
Install 9pfs on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install 9pfs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install 9pfs
Install 9pfs on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install 9pfs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install 9pfs
How To Uninstall 9pfs on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the 9pfs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove 9pfs
9pfs Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/9pfs
/usr/share/licenses/9pfs
/usr/share/licenses/9pfs/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/9pfs.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install 9pfs on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.