How To Install e2tools on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install e2tools on Fedora 36.
What is e2tools
A simple set of utilities to read, write, and manipulate files in an ext2/ext3 filesystem directly using the ext2fs library. This works - without root access - without the filesystem being mounted - without kernel ext2/ext3 support The utilities are
We can use yum or dnf to install e2tools on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install e2tools.
Install e2tools 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 e2tools using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install e2tools
Install e2tools 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 e2tools using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install e2tools
How To Uninstall e2tools on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the e2tools package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove e2tools
e2tools Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/bin/e2cp
/usr/bin/e2ln
/usr/bin/e2ls
/usr/bin/e2mkdir
/usr/bin/e2mv
/usr/bin/e2rm
/usr/bin/e2tail
/usr/bin/e2tools
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/55
/usr/lib/.build-id/55/d23f7279eaa3e10d62e62c9416bd2f67e0f7ac
/usr/share/doc/e2tools
/usr/share/doc/e2tools/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/e2tools/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/e2tools/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/e2tools/NEWS.md
/usr/share/doc/e2tools/README.md
/usr/share/doc/e2tools/TODO
/usr/share/man/man1/e2cp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/e2ln.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/e2ls.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/e2mkdir.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/e2mv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/e2rm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/e2tail.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/e2tools.7.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install e2tools on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).