How To Install zidrav on Fedora 34

zidrav is Zorba’s Incredible Data Repairer And Verifier

Introduction

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

What is zidrav

ZIDRAV stands for “Zorba’s Incredible Data Repairer And Verifier”, and is an extremely useful tool for cross-checking files that have been transfered via HTTP, FTP, or some other method. What it does, is generates a checksum file, and then by comparing that checksum with the original file, it creates a patch file that can repair the corrupted file. Very cool, and saves re-downloading.

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

Install zidrav 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 zidrav using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install zidrav

Install zidrav 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 zidrav using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install zidrav

How To Uninstall zidrav on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove zidrav

zidrav Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/zidrav
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8/093bcbd509926c24094a2cbdf84a457d31ba8e
/usr/share/doc/zidrav
/usr/share/doc/zidrav/Changelog
/usr/share/doc/zidrav/README
/usr/share/doc/zidrav/TODO
/usr/share/doc/zidrav/zidrav.txt
/usr/share/licenses/zidrav
/usr/share/licenses/zidrav/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/zidrav.1.gz

References

Summary

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