How To Install atool on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install atool on Fedora 36.
What is atool
atool is a script for managing file archives of various types. It includes aunpack (to extract archives), apack (to create archives), als (to list files), acat (to extract files to the standard output), etc. atool relies on external programs to handle the archives. It determines the archive types using file extensions whenever possible, with a fallback on ‘file’. It includes support for tarballs, gzip, bzip, bzip2, lzop, lzma, pkzip, rar, ace, arj, rpm, cpio, arc, 7z, alzip.
We can use yum or dnf to install atool on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install atool.
Install atool on Fedora 36 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install atool using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install atool
Install atool on Fedora 36 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install atool using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install atool
How To Uninstall atool on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the atool package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove atool
atool Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/bin/acat
/usr/bin/adiff
/usr/bin/als
/usr/bin/apack
/usr/bin/arepack
/usr/bin/atool
/usr/bin/aunpack
/usr/share/doc/atool
/usr/share/doc/atool/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/atool/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/atool/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/atool/README
/usr/share/doc/atool/TODO
/usr/share/man/man1/acat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/adiff.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/als.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/apack.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/arepack.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/atool.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/aunpack.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install atool on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).