How To Install kpartx on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install kpartx in Fedora 36. kpartx is Partition device manager for device-mapper devices

Introduction

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

What is `kpartx`

kpartx manages partition creation and removal for device-mapper devices.

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

Install kpartx 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 kpartx using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kpartx

Install kpartx 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 kpartx using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kpartx

How To Uninstall kpartx on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove kpartx

kpartx Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/1c76e82c63a2a7a8a04c3217e7d60514c8a328
/usr/lib/udev/kpartx_id
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/11-dm-parts.rules
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/66-kpartx.rules
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/68-del-part-nodes.rules
/usr/sbin/kpartx
/usr/share/doc/kpartx
/usr/share/doc/kpartx/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/kpartx
/usr/share/licenses/kpartx/GPL-2.0
/usr/share/man/man8/kpartx.8.gz

References

kpartx website

Summary

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