How To Install brd on Fedora 34

brd is Scans directories and files for damage due to decay of storage medium

Introduction

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

What is `brd`

bit_rot_detector, or brd, is a tool to scan a directory tree and check each file for corruption caused by damage to the physical storage medium or by damage from malicious programs. Files are fingerprinted using the SHA-1 algorithm. File fingerprints, sizes, and modification times are stored in a SQLite database.

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

Install brd 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 brd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install brd

Install brd 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 brd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install brd

How To Uninstall brd on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove brd

brd Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/brd
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/brd-1-py3.9.egg-info
/usr/share/doc/brd
/usr/share/doc/brd/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/brd/README
/usr/share/man/man1/brd.1.gz

References

brd website

Summary

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