How To Install dosfstools on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dosfstools
on Fedora 36.
What is dosfstools
The dosfstools package includes the mkdosfs and dosfsck utilities, which respectively make and check MS-DOS FAT filesystems on hard drives or on floppies.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install dosfstools
on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dosfstools.
Install dosfstools 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 dosfstools
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install dosfstools
Install dosfstools 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 dosfstools
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install dosfstools
How To Uninstall dosfstools on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the dosfstools
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove dosfstools
dosfstools Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/31
/usr/lib/.build-id/31/f9e42adb64211137a40f927356d7c750e29abf
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee/5cecebd840d7a18f64a83986cf3c8f82e15706
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3/d8145be0c37ecf6df85d6dbd06a0220683ad50
/usr/sbin/dosfsck
/usr/sbin/dosfslabel
/usr/sbin/fatlabel
/usr/sbin/fsck.fat
/usr/sbin/fsck.msdos
/usr/sbin/fsck.vfat
/usr/sbin/mkdosfs
/usr/sbin/mkfs.fat
/usr/sbin/mkfs.msdos
/usr/sbin/mkfs.vfat
/usr/share/doc/dosfstools
/usr/share/doc/dosfstools/ANNOUNCE.mkdosfs
/usr/share/doc/dosfstools/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/dosfstools/ChangeLog.dosfsck
/usr/share/doc/dosfstools/ChangeLog.dosfstools-2.x
/usr/share/doc/dosfstools/ChangeLog.mkdosfs
/usr/share/doc/dosfstools/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/dosfstools/README
/usr/share/doc/dosfstools/README.dosfsck
/usr/share/doc/dosfstools/README.dosfstools-2.x
/usr/share/doc/dosfstools/README.mkdosfs
/usr/share/doc/dosfstools/TODO.dosfstools-2.x
/usr/share/licenses/dosfstools
/usr/share/licenses/dosfstools/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/dosfsck.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dosfslabel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/fatlabel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/fsck.fat.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/fsck.msdos.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/fsck.vfat.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/mkdosfs.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/mkfs.fat.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/mkfs.msdos.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/mkfs.vfat.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dosfstools
on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).