How To Install bchunk on Fedora 34

bchunk is CD image format converter from .bin/.cue to .iso/.cdr

Introduction

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

What is `bchunk`

The bchunk package contains a UNIX/C rewrite of the BinChunker program. BinChunker converts a CD image in a .bin/.cue format (sometimes .raw/.cue) into a set of .iso and .cdr tracks. The .bin/.cue format is used by some non-UNIX CD-writing software, but is not supported on most other CD-writing programs.

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

Install bchunk 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 bchunk using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bchunk

Install bchunk 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 bchunk using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bchunk

How To Uninstall bchunk on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove bchunk

bchunk Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/bchunk
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/12
/usr/lib/.build-id/12/a849896aec3db594573783f14f91e12db1e4c5
/usr/share/doc/bchunk
/usr/share/doc/bchunk/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/bchunk/README
/usr/share/licenses/bchunk
/usr/share/licenses/bchunk/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/bchunk.1.gz

References

bchunk website

Summary

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