How To Install flopgen on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install flopgen in Fedora 36. flopgen is Tool for automatic creation of FAT-formatted floppy disk images

Introduction

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

What is `flopgen`

Flopgen is a tool for automatic creation of FAT-formatted floppy disk images with user-supplied files. This program should be especially useful for people who need to transfer files frequently between their main machines and emulated/virtualised legacy systems with no or unreliable CD support.

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

Install flopgen 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 flopgen using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install flopgen

Install flopgen 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 flopgen using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install flopgen

How To Uninstall flopgen on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove flopgen

flopgen Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/flopgen
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/08d95bf7dec3434ef931a5bdb9b56fa7baaa51
/usr/share/doc/flopgen
/usr/share/doc/flopgen/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/flopgen
/usr/share/licenses/flopgen/LICENSE

References

flopgen website

Summary

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