How To Install e2fsprogs-libs on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install e2fsprogs-libs in Fedora 36. e2fsprogs-libs is Ext2/3/4 file system specific shared libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install e2fsprogs-libs on Fedora 36.

What is e2fsprogs-libs

E2fsprogs-libs contains libe2p and libext2fs, the libraries of the e2fsprogs package. These libraries are used to directly access ext2/3/4 file systems from user space.

We can use yum or dnf to install e2fsprogs-libs on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install e2fsprogs-libs.

Install e2fsprogs-libs 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 e2fsprogs-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install e2fsprogs-libs

Install e2fsprogs-libs 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 e2fsprogs-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install e2fsprogs-libs

How To Uninstall e2fsprogs-libs on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the e2fsprogs-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove e2fsprogs-libs

e2fsprogs-libs Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e/5db291a01dfb72e305f4802b48d6d4b65eb2b5
/usr/lib/.build-id/57
/usr/lib/.build-id/57/6c2b30dcb9b81af606d23c11d7bf991363ad85
/usr/lib64/libe2p.so.2
/usr/lib64/libe2p.so.2.3
/usr/lib64/libext2fs.so.2
/usr/lib64/libext2fs.so.2.4
/usr/share/licenses/e2fsprogs-libs
/usr/share/licenses/e2fsprogs-libs/NOTICE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install e2fsprogs-libs on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).