How To Install cpdup on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install cpdup in Fedora 36. cpdup is Filesystem mirroring utility

Introduction

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

What is `cpdup`

The cpdup utility makes an exact mirror copy of the source in the destination, creating and deleting files and directories as necessary. UTimes, hardlinks, softlinks, devices, permissions, and flags are mirrored. By default, cpdup asks for confirmation if any file or directory needs to be removed from the destination and does not copy files which it believes to have already been synchronized (by observing that the source and destination file’s size and mtimes match). cpdup does not cross mount points in either the source or the destination. As a safety measure, cpdup refuses to replace a destination directory with a file.

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

Install cpdup 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 cpdup using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cpdup

Install cpdup 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 cpdup using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cpdup

How To Uninstall cpdup on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove cpdup

cpdup Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/cpdup
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1/4037fb9bf4f190f7569660647679234bf56372
/usr/share/doc/cpdup
/usr/share/doc/cpdup/BACKUPS
/usr/share/doc/cpdup/PORTING
/usr/share/doc/cpdup/scripts
/usr/share/doc/cpdup/scripts/crontab
/usr/share/doc/cpdup/scripts/do_cleanup
/usr/share/doc/cpdup/scripts/do_mirror
/usr/share/doc/cpdup/scripts/do_mirror_host
/usr/share/doc/cpdup/scripts/do_remote
/usr/share/doc/cpdup/scripts/do_remote_host
/usr/share/doc/cpdup/scripts/params
/usr/share/man/man1/cpdup.1.gz

References

cpdup website

Summary

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