How To Install mediawriter on Fedora 34

mediawriter is Fedora Media Writer Fedora Media Writer

Introduction

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

What is `mediawriter`

A tool to write images of Fedora media to portable drives like flash drives or memory cards. mediawriter 4.2.2 2.fc34 x86_64 2.2 M mediawriter-4.2.2-2.fc34.src.rpm updates Fedora Media Writer https GPLv2+ A tool to write images of Fedora media to portable drives like flash drives or memory cards.

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

Install mediawriter 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 mediawriter using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mediawriter

Install mediawriter 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 mediawriter using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mediawriter

How To Uninstall mediawriter on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove mediawriter

mediawriter Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/mediawriter
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b/bf5ee1a68b766947456dc28b28f68270a696ae
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d/c6033a2f074b11a627948e964df200b2a622f8
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa/ffdfca9101490f1d1652352a93598c895b8ba3
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/Button.qml
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/CheckBox.qml
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/CheckIndicator.qml
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/ComboBox.qml
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/Label.qml
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/MenuItem.qml
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/ProgressBar.qml
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/RadioButton.qml
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/RadioIndicator.qml
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/ScrollBar.qml
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/TextField.qml
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/private
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/private/ButtonFrame.qml
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/org/fedoraproject/AdwaitaTheme/libadwaitathemeplugin.so
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/org/fedoraproject/AdwaitaTheme/qmldir
/usr/libexec/mediawriter
/usr/libexec/mediawriter/helper
/usr/share/applications/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.desktop
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.png
/usr/share/metainfo/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.appdata.xml
/usr/bin/mediawriter
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a/74de1b1982176646a0ad455cda65d325b2df22
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c/8b5d3cc590c269357d473724090ed593ee6d04
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c/45a94e81b037812717aad656e0fb0c2dc0e6b9
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/Button.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/CheckBox.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/CheckIndicator.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/ComboBox.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/Label.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/MenuItem.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/ProgressBar.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/RadioButton.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/RadioIndicator.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/ScrollBar.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/TextField.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/private
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/private/ButtonFrame.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/org/fedoraproject/AdwaitaTheme/libadwaitathemeplugin.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/org/fedoraproject/AdwaitaTheme/qmldir
/usr/libexec/mediawriter
/usr/libexec/mediawriter/helper
/usr/share/applications/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.desktop
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.png
/usr/share/metainfo/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.appdata.xml
/usr/bin/mediawriter
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/76
/usr/lib/.build-id/76/5d08b52e0c386a319d65445e19657fda909920
/usr/lib/.build-id/94
/usr/lib/.build-id/94/35e290762321a2f71ccd63aff199b5f0601935
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca/2f39d5ba779e9a134e210a494328b410fd4300
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/Button.qml
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/CheckBox.qml
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/CheckIndicator.qml
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/ComboBox.qml
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/Label.qml
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/MenuItem.qml
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/ProgressBar.qml
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/RadioButton.qml
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/RadioIndicator.qml
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/ScrollBar.qml
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/TextField.qml
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/private
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/private/ButtonFrame.qml
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/org/fedoraproject/AdwaitaTheme/libadwaitathemeplugin.so
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/org/fedoraproject/AdwaitaTheme/qmldir
/usr/libexec/mediawriter
/usr/libexec/mediawriter/helper
/usr/share/applications/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.desktop
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.png
/usr/share/metainfo/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.appdata.xml
/usr/bin/mediawriter
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4/02b818ebf7cbb0ed52d81ddb0387d94490a73e
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd/cc1419737510f6b690f688d6a8478fbeb60265
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/a005dc0601f8872781c43fe361d66561e5424b
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/Button.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/CheckBox.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/CheckIndicator.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/ComboBox.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/Label.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/MenuItem.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/ProgressBar.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/RadioButton.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/RadioIndicator.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/ScrollBar.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/TextField.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/private
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.fedoraproject.AdwaitaTheme/private/ButtonFrame.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/org/fedoraproject/AdwaitaTheme/libadwaitathemeplugin.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/org/fedoraproject/AdwaitaTheme/qmldir
/usr/libexec/mediawriter
/usr/libexec/mediawriter/helper
/usr/share/applications/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.desktop
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.png
/usr/share/metainfo/org.fedoraproject.MediaWriter.appdata.xml

References

[mediawriter website](https://github.com/FedoraQt/MediaWriter https://github.com/FedoraQt/MediaWriter)

Summary

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