How To Install erofs-utils on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install erofs-utils on Fedora 36.
What is erofs-utils
EROFS stands for Enhanced Read-Only File System. Different from other read-only file systems, it is designed for flexibility, scalability, and simplicity for high performance. The erofs-utils package includes mkfs.erofs to create EROFS images.
We can use yum or dnf to install erofs-utils on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install erofs-utils.
Install erofs-utils 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 erofs-utils using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install erofs-utils
Install erofs-utils 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 erofs-utils using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install erofs-utils
How To Uninstall erofs-utils on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the erofs-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove erofs-utils
erofs-utils Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/bin/dump.erofs
/usr/bin/fsck.erofs
/usr/bin/mkfs.erofs
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/54
/usr/lib/.build-id/54/bac21dc9677ebdd0b793d53384be6e24d7d797
/usr/lib/.build-id/65
/usr/lib/.build-id/65/6c2a4e0d31cd97f39486a0d6a883ad2c03e09d
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1/30114eb54a17a108297a8f03590658801dd2ec
/usr/share/doc/erofs-utils
/usr/share/doc/erofs-utils/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/erofs-utils/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/erofs-utils/README
/usr/share/licenses/erofs-utils
/usr/share/licenses/erofs-utils/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/dump.erofs.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fsck.erofs.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mkfs.erofs.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install erofs-utils on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).
