How To Install mtx on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mtx on Fedora 34.
What is mtx
The MTX program controls the robotic mechanism in autoloaders and tape libraries such as the HP SureStore DAT 40x6, Exabyte EZ-17, and Exabyte 220. This program is also reported to work with a variety of other tape libraries and autochangers from ADIC, Tandberg/Overland, Breece Hill, HP, and Seagate. If you have a backup tape device capable of handling more than one tape at a time, you should install MTX.
We can use yum or dnf to install mtx on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mtx.
Install mtx 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 mtx using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mtx
Install mtx 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 mtx using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mtx
How To Uninstall mtx on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the mtx package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mtx
mtx Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/02
/usr/lib/.build-id/02/40d343ddb1055bbaa8ef4afc4af4692e8e9564
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c/799fb58db12fa79cd2a94563764d5b5d6d30e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b/ce197e6bff5777b3e352070038952d19718fd6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6/042a6d24bfffe850cae3512f2e971e0a673375
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc/fb0a3fdcb1facb513883e9f1d3e5e4d9f7c20e
/usr/sbin/loaderinfo
/usr/sbin/mtx
/usr/sbin/scsieject
/usr/sbin/scsitape
/usr/sbin/tapeinfo
/usr/share/doc/mtx
/usr/share/doc/mtx/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/mtx/COMPATABILITY
/usr/share/doc/mtx/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/mtx/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/mtx/README
/usr/share/doc/mtx/TODO
/usr/share/doc/mtx/contrib
/usr/share/doc/mtx/contrib/MTX.html
/usr/share/doc/mtx/contrib/README
/usr/share/doc/mtx/contrib/TapeChanger-MTX-0.71b.tar.gz
/usr/share/doc/mtx/contrib/config_sgen_solaris.sh
/usr/share/doc/mtx/contrib/mtx-changer
/usr/share/doc/mtx/contrib/mtx.py
/usr/share/doc/mtx/contrib/mtxctl-0.0.2.tar.gz
/usr/share/doc/mtx/contrib/qdback.tar.gz
/usr/share/doc/mtx/contrib/tapechanger.html
/usr/share/doc/mtx/contrib/tapeinfo.py
/usr/share/doc/mtx/contrib/tapeload.pl
/usr/share/doc/mtx/contrib/tapeunload.pl
/usr/share/doc/mtx/mtx.doc
/usr/share/doc/mtx/mtxl.README.html
/usr/share/man/man1/loaderinfo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mtx.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/scsieject.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/scsitape.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tapeinfo.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mtx on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.