How To Install file on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install file on Fedora 34.
What is file
The file command is used to identify a particular file according to the type of data contained by the file. File can identify many different file types, including ELF binaries, system libraries, RPM packages, and different graphics formats.
We can use yum or dnf to install file on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install file.
Install file 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 file using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install file
Install file 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 file using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install file
How To Uninstall file on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the file package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove file
file Package Contents on Fedora 34
/etc/magic
/usr/bin/file
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/61
/usr/lib/.build-id/61/9bcec489c10b4a7d7c3e563f447f2db91b53a5
/usr/share/doc/file
/usr/share/doc/file/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/file/README
/usr/share/licenses/file
/usr/share/licenses/file/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/file.1.gz
/etc/magic
/usr/bin/file
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e/1a65fd58f926272b05cd87445f48b71b7036dc
/usr/share/doc/file
/usr/share/doc/file/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/file/README
/usr/share/licenses/file
/usr/share/licenses/file/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/file.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install file on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.