How To Install bcache-tools on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install bcache-tools in Fedora 36. bcache-tools is Tools for Linux kernel block layer cache

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/).