How To Install fatresize on Fedora 34

fatresize is FAT16/FAT32 resizer

Introduction

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

What is fatresize

The FAT16/FAT32 non-destructive resizer.

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

Install fatresize 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 fatresize using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fatresize

Install fatresize 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 fatresize using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fatresize

How To Uninstall fatresize on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove fatresize

fatresize Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/31
/usr/lib/.build-id/31/08cd56d40346039a190140fc66c002c8d0947c
/usr/sbin/fatresize
/usr/share/doc/fatresize
/usr/share/doc/fatresize/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/fatresize/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/fatresize/README
/usr/share/licenses/fatresize
/usr/share/licenses/fatresize/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/fatresize.1.gz

References

Summary

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