How To Install bcache-tools on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bcache-tools
on Fedora 36.
What is bcache-tools
Bcache is a Linux kernel block layer cache. It allows one or more fast disk drives such as flash-based solid state drives (SSDs) to act as a cache for one or more slower hard disk drives. This package contains the utilities for manipulating bcache.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install bcache-tools
on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bcache-tools.
Install bcache-tools 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 bcache-tools
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install bcache-tools
Install bcache-tools 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 bcache-tools
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install bcache-tools
How To Uninstall bcache-tools on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the bcache-tools
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove bcache-tools
bcache-tools Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/23
/usr/lib/.build-id/23/b6d212af9a02315629542aae353c8647005809
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c/a2248a761335e530fecf46c77934a10bb423d0
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f/3558946af893bd25f4dcdcd5ddb2a2debbeeab
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb/70823407eac90177b45967b9c011270d5ef1b2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1/ca90a76e5c08b6270efc9ceb3edba3a2c41524
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/90bcache
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/90bcache/module-setup.sh
/usr/lib/udev/bcache-params
/usr/lib/udev/bcache-register
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/69-bcache.rules
/usr/sbin/bcache
/usr/sbin/bcache-status
/usr/sbin/bcache-super-show
/usr/sbin/make-bcache
/usr/share/doc/bcache-tools
/usr/share/doc/bcache-tools/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/bcache-tools/README
/usr/share/man/man8/bcache-status.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bcache-super-show.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bcache.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/make-bcache.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bcache-tools
on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).