How To Install f3 on Fedora 34

f3 is Utility to test for fake flash drives and cards

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install f3 on Fedora 34.

What is f3

F3 is a utility to test for fake flash drives and cards. It is a Free Software alternative to h2testw. f3write will fill the unused part of a filesystem with files NNNN.fff with known content, and f3read will analyze the files to determine whether the contents are corrupted, as happens with fake flash.

We can use yum or dnf to install f3 on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install f3.

Install f3 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 f3 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install f3

Install f3 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 f3 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install f3

How To Uninstall f3 on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the f3 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove f3

f3 Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/f3brew
/usr/bin/f3fix
/usr/bin/f3probe
/usr/bin/f3read
/usr/bin/f3write
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d/41cec8945d009253b7ee53d2018c0edb95354e
/usr/lib/.build-id/5c
/usr/lib/.build-id/5c/8abc8ca7fedadc070135285ee1caff8ca818a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/70
/usr/lib/.build-id/70/adec3e123bd76f4083601ebce010be655fae32
/usr/lib/.build-id/82
/usr/lib/.build-id/82/3ae3ea4d77407c4fdac6047809a4f2570660fb
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c/bbbcf88f6d90a1d8e7cebe357eed9ba234107e
/usr/share/doc/f3
/usr/share/doc/f3/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/f3
/usr/share/licenses/f3/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/f3read.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install f3 on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.