How To Install bdsync on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install bdsync in Fedora 36. bdsync is Remote sync for block devices

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bdsync on Fedora 36.

What is `bdsync`

Bdsync can be used to synchronize block devices over a network. It generates a “binary patchfile” in an efficient way by comparing MD5 checksums of 32k blocks of the local block device LOCDEV and the remote block device REMDEV. This binary patchfile can be sent to the remote machine and applied to its block device DSTDEV, after which the local blockdev LOCDEV and the remote block device REMDEV are synchronized. bdsync was built to do the only thing rsync isn’t able to do block devices.

We can use yum or dnf to install bdsync on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bdsync.

Install bdsync 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 bdsync using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bdsync

Install bdsync 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 bdsync using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bdsync

How To Uninstall bdsync on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove bdsync

bdsync Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/bdsync
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/00
/usr/lib/.build-id/00/9be0887c04c2473d1e5f0e60a872439461c2fc
/usr/share/doc/bdsync
/usr/share/doc/bdsync/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/bdsync
/usr/share/licenses/bdsync/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/bdsync.1.gz

References

bdsync website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bdsync on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).