How To Install fpart on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install fpart in Fedora 36. fpart is a tool that sorts files and packs them into bags

Introduction

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

What is fpart

Fpart is a tool that helps you sort file trees and pack them into bags (called “partitions”). It is developed in C and available under the BSD license. It splits a list of directories and file trees into a certain number of partitions, trying to produce partitions with the same size and number of files. It can also produce partitions with a given number of files or a limited size.

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

Install fpart 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 fpart using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fpart

Install fpart 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 fpart using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fpart

How To Uninstall fpart on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove fpart

fpart Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/fpart
/usr/bin/fpsync
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d/1f69021d29da7f9e12f4ca1bd3b5712a523f8d
/usr/share/doc/fpart
/usr/share/doc/fpart/Changelog.md
/usr/share/doc/fpart/README.md
/usr/share/doc/fpart/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/fpart
/usr/share/licenses/fpart/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/fpart.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fpsync.1.gz

References

Summary

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