How To Install exfatprogs on Fedora 34

exfatprogs is Userspace utilities for exFAT filesystems

Introduction

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

What is exfatprogs

Utilities for formatting and repairing exFAT filesystems.

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

Install exfatprogs 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 exfatprogs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install exfatprogs

Install exfatprogs 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 exfatprogs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install exfatprogs

How To Uninstall exfatprogs on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove exfatprogs

exfatprogs Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/00
/usr/lib/.build-id/00/c006ab8624d8c0c48c5eb0dd27bb4b5f23d085
/usr/lib/.build-id/05
/usr/lib/.build-id/05/6daf2dcb19c12e96f6c80ca5f45210fd2ee720
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a/1f10f8f60d2f0c9aa719dc0ce25015205d8966
/usr/lib/.build-id/60
/usr/lib/.build-id/60/a15c9ec71a89829d858483816174e5eb02facb
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a/925568416134124647716747339aec771cc138
/usr/sbin/dump.exfat
/usr/sbin/exfatlabel
/usr/sbin/fsck.exfat
/usr/sbin/mkfs.exfat
/usr/sbin/tune.exfat
/usr/share/doc/exfatprogs
/usr/share/doc/exfatprogs/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/exfatprogs
/usr/share/licenses/exfatprogs/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/dump.exfat.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/exfatlabel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/fsck.exfat.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/mkfs.exfat.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/tune.exfat.8.gz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/10
/usr/lib/.build-id/10/9b14f47d8ab7896e100680c1f34450a7cb05c6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8/6e3cfd71e03d063e39563396eb812378a98ee0
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1/8756814c950d28f0b977baa2b45cf643ea6071
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2/6d3283e9d37679afb9df4f1cd2b8753aee953f
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0/04e1a6438269793b64858eff22892b23dcdcb2
/usr/sbin/dump.exfat
/usr/sbin/exfatlabel
/usr/sbin/fsck.exfat
/usr/sbin/mkfs.exfat
/usr/sbin/tune.exfat
/usr/share/doc/exfatprogs
/usr/share/doc/exfatprogs/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/exfatprogs
/usr/share/licenses/exfatprogs/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/dump.exfat.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/exfatlabel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/fsck.exfat.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/mkfs.exfat.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/tune.exfat.8.gz

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Summary

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