How To Install efs2tar on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install efs2tar in Fedora 36. efs2tar is A tool to convert SGI efs filesystems to tarballs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install efs2tar on Fedora 36.

What is efs2tar

efs2tar is a tool that converts SGI EFS-formatted filesystem images (ie, the result of dd-ing a whole device in to a file) in to tarballs. It was based entirely on NetBSD’s sys/fs/efs.

We can use yum or dnf to install efs2tar on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install efs2tar.

Install efs2tar 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 efs2tar using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install efs2tar

Install efs2tar 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 efs2tar using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install efs2tar

How To Uninstall efs2tar on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the efs2tar package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove efs2tar

efs2tar Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/efs2tar
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/15
/usr/lib/.build-id/15/654593029be8666f655fc6f831b1f68c529812
/usr/share/doc/efs2tar
/usr/share/doc/efs2tar/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/efs2tar
/usr/share/licenses/efs2tar/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install efs2tar on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).