How To Install attr on Fedora 34

attr is Utilities for managing filesystem extended attributes

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install attr on Fedora 34.

What is `attr`

A set of tools for manipulating extended attributes on filesystem objects, in particular getfattr(1) and setfattr(1). An attr(1) command is also provided which is largely compatible with the SGI IRIX tool of the same name.

We can use yum or dnf to install attr on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install attr.

Install attr 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 attr using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install attr

Install attr 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 attr using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install attr

How To Uninstall attr on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove attr

attr Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/attr
/usr/bin/getfattr
/usr/bin/setfattr
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d/e80042ff40ff0655c3709c1089cce8c9617b16
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7/678b348ec787147b25f9d0263d14f206b25608
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2/e874793ba40c82d293c288d6cd315ae346a8d9
/usr/share/doc/attr
/usr/share/doc/attr/CHANGES
/usr/share/licenses/attr
/usr/share/licenses/attr/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/attr/COPYING.LGPL
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/attr.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/attr.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@boldquot/LC_MESSAGES/attr.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@quot/LC_MESSAGES/attr.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/attr.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/attr.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/attr.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/attr.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/attr.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/attr.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/attr.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/getfattr.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/setfattr.1.gz

References

attr website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install attr on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.