How To Install cloud-utils-growpart on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install cloud-utils-growpart in Fedora 36. cloud-utils-growpart is Script for growing a partition

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cloud-utils-growpart on Fedora 36.

What is cloud-utils-growpart

This package provides the growpart script for growing a partition. It is primarily used in cloud images in conjunction with the dracut-modules-growroot package to grow the root partition on first boot.

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

Install cloud-utils-growpart 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 cloud-utils-growpart using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cloud-utils-growpart

Install cloud-utils-growpart 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 cloud-utils-growpart using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cloud-utils-growpart

How To Uninstall cloud-utils-growpart on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the cloud-utils-growpart package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove cloud-utils-growpart

cloud-utils-growpart Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/growpart
/usr/share/doc/cloud-utils-growpart
/usr/share/doc/cloud-utils-growpart/ChangeLog
/usr/share/licenses/cloud-utils-growpart
/usr/share/licenses/cloud-utils-growpart/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/growpart.1.gz

References

Summary

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