How To Install scrub on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install scrub in Fedora 36. scrub is Disk scrubbing program

Introduction

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

What is `scrub`

Scrub writes patterns on files or disk devices to make retrieving the data more difficult. It operates in one of three modes and all data on it is destroyed; 2) a regular file is scrubbed and only the data in the file (and optionally its name in the directory entry) is destroyed; or 3) a regular file is created, expanded until the file system is full, then scrubbed as in 2).

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

Install scrub 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 scrub using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install scrub

Install scrub 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 scrub using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install scrub

How To Uninstall scrub on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove scrub

scrub Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/scrub
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/32
/usr/lib/.build-id/32/100715a6a3e9c4420fc50af35c9ddabf46e8db
/usr/share/doc/scrub
/usr/share/doc/scrub/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/scrub/DISCLAIMER
/usr/share/doc/scrub/README
/usr/share/licenses/scrub
/usr/share/licenses/scrub/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/scrub.1.gz

References

scrub website

Summary

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