How To Install fatsort on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install fatsort in Fedora 36. fatsort is FAT sorter for FAT16 and FAT32 filesystems

Introduction

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

What is `fatsort`

Fatsort is a utility written in C to sort FAT16 and FAT32 filesystems. It is needed to sort files on cheap mp3 players that display files not sorted by their name but by the order they appear in the file allocation table (FAT).

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

Install fatsort 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 fatsort using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fatsort

Install fatsort 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 fatsort using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fatsort

How To Uninstall fatsort on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove fatsort

fatsort Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/34
/usr/lib/.build-id/34/57c0f6aa9548dcb5043fa2baf6cb7b73274db0
/usr/sbin/fatsort
/usr/share/doc/fatsort
/usr/share/doc/fatsort/CHANGES.md
/usr/share/doc/fatsort/README
/usr/share/licenses/fatsort
/usr/share/licenses/fatsort/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/fatsort.1.gz

References

fatsort website

Summary

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