How To Install f3 on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install f3 on Fedora 36.
What is f3
F3 is a utility to test for fake flash drives and cards. It is a Free Software alternative to h2testw. f3write will fill the unused part of a filesystem with files NNNN.fff with known content, and f3read will analyze the files to determine whether the contents are corrupted, as happens with fake flash.
We can use yum or dnf to install f3 on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install f3.
Install f3 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 f3 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install f3
Install f3 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 f3 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install f3
How To Uninstall f3 on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the f3 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove f3
f3 Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/bin/f3brew
/usr/bin/f3fix
/usr/bin/f3probe
/usr/bin/f3read
/usr/bin/f3write
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d/36ceb7279c8f911ef5c8626d5585b21f369c2b
/usr/lib/.build-id/82
/usr/lib/.build-id/82/b862ba3c0d179979c8afd6a2ddb5eb6e84ba97
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8/815cf9b6c479f0e98571dddf40e188683a59cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/4630f09fed251203fee003d5d2cdee0cf6bf44
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa/e5468be478133dcd6a6a044b9a67313301640d
/usr/share/doc/f3
/usr/share/doc/f3/README.rst
/usr/share/doc/f3/changelog
/usr/share/licenses/f3
/usr/share/licenses/f3/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/f3read.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install f3 on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).
