How To Install fstransform on Fedora 34

fstransform is Tool for in-place file-system conversion without backup

Introduction

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

What is fstransform

fstransform is a tool to change a file-system from one format to another, for example from jfs/xfs/reiser to ext2/ext3/ext4, in-place and without the need for backup.

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

Install fstransform 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 fstransform using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fstransform

Install fstransform 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 fstransform using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fstransform

How To Uninstall fstransform on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove fstransform

fstransform Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/14
/usr/lib/.build-id/14/e7e776d1a546047c2121f88171c312875e5aba
/usr/lib/.build-id/28
/usr/lib/.build-id/28/1bbdadcbc1aa11fdc3019413d61d1cbc6f2e35
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d/8a2b6165248002993f493e82ed64586bc167a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6/772fdf36deb83f958cdbcd1082abde6cd5fce7
/usr/sbin/fsattr
/usr/sbin/fsmount_kernel
/usr/sbin/fsmove
/usr/sbin/fsremap
/usr/sbin/fstransform
/usr/share/doc/fstransform
/usr/share/doc/fstransform/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/fstransform/README
/usr/share/doc/fstransform/README.fsremap
/usr/share/doc/fstransform/TODO
/usr/share/doc/fstransform/design.txt
/usr/share/doc/fstransform/notes.txt
/usr/share/doc/fstransform/torture-test.sh
/usr/share/licenses/fstransform
/usr/share/licenses/fstransform/AUTHORS
/usr/share/licenses/fstransform/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/fsattr.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/fsmount_kernel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/fsmove.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/fsremap.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/fstransform.8.gz

References

Summary

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