How To Install ntfs2btrfs on Fedora 34

ntfs2btrfs is Conversion tool from NTFS to Btrfs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ntfs2btrfs on Fedora 34.

What is ntfs2btrfs

ntfs2btrfs is a tool which does in-place conversion of Microsoft’s NTFS filesystem to the open-source filesystem Btrfs, much as btrfs-convert does for ext2. The original image is saved as a reflink copy at image/ntfs.img, and if you want to keep the conversion you can delete this to free up space.

We can use yum or dnf to install ntfs2btrfs on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ntfs2btrfs.

Install ntfs2btrfs 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 ntfs2btrfs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ntfs2btrfs

Install ntfs2btrfs 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 ntfs2btrfs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ntfs2btrfs

How To Uninstall ntfs2btrfs on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the ntfs2btrfs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ntfs2btrfs

ntfs2btrfs Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/ntfs2btrfs
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/91
/usr/lib/.build-id/91/6dcf1634ea60de2063a0a0c27d9d9379e9d7c7
/usr/share/doc/ntfs2btrfs
/usr/share/doc/ntfs2btrfs/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/ntfs2btrfs
/usr/share/licenses/ntfs2btrfs/LICENCE
/usr/bin/ntfs2btrfs
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/af
/usr/lib/.build-id/af/50b099903f9ebfdbfa80a76b86bb4ee851211a
/usr/share/doc/ntfs2btrfs
/usr/share/doc/ntfs2btrfs/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/ntfs2btrfs
/usr/share/licenses/ntfs2btrfs/LICENCE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ntfs2btrfs on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.