How To Install mtools on Fedora 34
mtools is Programs for accessing MS-DOS disks without mounting the disks
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mtools on Fedora 34.
What is mtools
Mtools is a collection of utilities for accessing MS-DOS files. Mtools allow you to read, write and move around MS-DOS filesystem files (normally on MS-DOS floppy disks). Mtools supports Windows95 style long file names, OS/2 XDF disks, and 2m disks Mtools should be installed if you need to use MS-DOS disks
We can use yum or dnf to install mtools on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mtools.
Install mtools 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 mtools using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mtools
Install mtools 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 mtools using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mtools
How To Uninstall mtools on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the mtools package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mtools
mtools Package Contents on Fedora 34
/etc/mtools.conf
/usr/bin/amuFormat.sh
/usr/bin/lz
/usr/bin/mattrib
/usr/bin/mbadblocks
/usr/bin/mcat
/usr/bin/mcd
/usr/bin/mcheck
/usr/bin/mclasserase
/usr/bin/mcomp
/usr/bin/mcopy
/usr/bin/mdel
/usr/bin/mdeltree
/usr/bin/mdir
/usr/bin/mdu
/usr/bin/mformat
/usr/bin/minfo
/usr/bin/mkmanifest
/usr/bin/mlabel
/usr/bin/mmd
/usr/bin/mmount
/usr/bin/mmove
/usr/bin/mpartition
/usr/bin/mrd
/usr/bin/mren
/usr/bin/mshortname
/usr/bin/mshowfat
/usr/bin/mtools
/usr/bin/mtoolstest
/usr/bin/mtype
/usr/bin/mxtar
/usr/bin/mzip
/usr/bin/tgz
/usr/bin/uz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/01
/usr/lib/.build-id/01/eb0e30fa840fdd5506a97f3d1aa8c2ffa15d69
/usr/lib/.build-id/04
/usr/lib/.build-id/04/05868097d8d61a29fdc39994ffcbcad41101c3
/usr/share/doc/mtools
/usr/share/doc/mtools/README
/usr/share/doc/mtools/Release.notes
/usr/share/info/mtools.info.gz
/usr/share/licenses/mtools
/usr/share/licenses/mtools/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/mattrib.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mbadblocks.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mcat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mcd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mclasserase.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mcopy.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mdel.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mdeltree.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mdir.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mdu.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mformat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/minfo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mkmanifest.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mlabel.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mmd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mmount.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mmove.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mpartition.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mrd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mren.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mshortname.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mshowfat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mtools.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mtoolstest.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mtype.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mzip.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/mtools.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/mtools.conf.5.gz
/etc/mtools.conf
/usr/bin/amuFormat.sh
/usr/bin/lz
/usr/bin/mattrib
/usr/bin/mbadblocks
/usr/bin/mcat
/usr/bin/mcd
/usr/bin/mcheck
/usr/bin/mclasserase
/usr/bin/mcomp
/usr/bin/mcopy
/usr/bin/mdel
/usr/bin/mdeltree
/usr/bin/mdir
/usr/bin/mdu
/usr/bin/mformat
/usr/bin/minfo
/usr/bin/mkmanifest
/usr/bin/mlabel
/usr/bin/mmd
/usr/bin/mmount
/usr/bin/mmove
/usr/bin/mpartition
/usr/bin/mrd
/usr/bin/mren
/usr/bin/mshortname
/usr/bin/mshowfat
/usr/bin/mtools
/usr/bin/mtoolstest
/usr/bin/mtype
/usr/bin/mxtar
/usr/bin/mzip
/usr/bin/tgz
/usr/bin/uz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/91
/usr/lib/.build-id/91/b049f3e1000ae4232d7cb32e3f305470ef6473
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6/3ab7bb1bfb7aecd2e35d55ea2b8945eddb9eb2
/usr/share/doc/mtools
/usr/share/doc/mtools/README
/usr/share/doc/mtools/Release.notes
/usr/share/info/mtools.info.gz
/usr/share/licenses/mtools
/usr/share/licenses/mtools/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/mattrib.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mbadblocks.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mcat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mcd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mclasserase.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mcopy.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mdel.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mdeltree.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mdir.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mdu.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mformat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/minfo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mkmanifest.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mlabel.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mmd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mmount.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mmove.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mpartition.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mrd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mren.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mshortname.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mshowfat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mtools.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mtoolstest.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mtype.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mzip.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/mtools.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/mtools.conf.5.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mtools on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.