How To Install util-linux-core on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install util-linux-core in Fedora 36. util-linux-core is The most essential utilities from the util-linux suite.

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install util-linux-core on Fedora 36.

What is `util-linux-core`

This is a very basic set of Linux utilities that is necessary on minimal installations.

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

Install util-linux-core 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 util-linux-core using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install util-linux-core

Install util-linux-core 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 util-linux-core using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install util-linux-core

How To Uninstall util-linux-core on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the util-linux-core package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove util-linux-core

util-linux-core Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/mtab
/usr/bin/chrt
/usr/bin/dmesg
/usr/bin/findmnt
/usr/bin/flock
/usr/bin/hardlink
/usr/bin/ionice
/usr/bin/ipcmk
/usr/bin/ipcrm
/usr/bin/ipcs
/usr/bin/kill
/usr/bin/logger
/usr/bin/more
/usr/bin/mount
/usr/bin/mountpoint
/usr/bin/nsenter
/usr/bin/renice
/usr/bin/setsid
/usr/bin/taskset
/usr/bin/umount
/usr/bin/unshare
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/07
/usr/lib/.build-id/07/75981b91a41a35a86a637116eaf3cf0648005a
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/c01c0034ae45b9d93dcbd8d371428dcce949a4
/usr/lib/.build-id/20
/usr/lib/.build-id/20/2a29e7a88f14118e2d47686731df633b3cc14c
/usr/lib/.build-id/21/44c6e0d7d280329e5a38b22a4d010c706d581c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f/50c78992a39925018c1ad8a359875ffd22ab9e
/usr/lib/.build-id/30
/usr/lib/.build-id/30/4da310d4a702d5e1ea8d53119d3a6e596b6504
/usr/lib/.build-id/33
/usr/lib/.build-id/33/c4f3598a0730fe3836e618d0735503d4e1a20a
/usr/lib/.build-id/42
/usr/lib/.build-id/42/b089445dc2501888b70319986320a7834e92a9
/usr/lib/.build-id/43
/usr/lib/.build-id/43/7e70aad3e5267772efead930dcd0886dc76fd6
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b/3c9bb9e1e6cadbce1f32131bb09881fd534b55
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b/c5b81749eb512aedd5ae88b0b153a7d5750ce7
/usr/lib/.build-id/63
/usr/lib/.build-id/63/850fd3a9778fd3860be65a86504e00d499dad4
/usr/lib/.build-id/69
/usr/lib/.build-id/69/918b3104049d2f8d7212c77b635f4861629787
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f/916fc6780aeb7043d8530c73b613dc134043d8
/usr/lib/.build-id/77
/usr/lib/.build-id/77/e85bd27fb2db865f751b8c7fb716339acf389f
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b/eb969f207e3283d8299dde97f1ee047a561fca
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f/38a67d618426e806cbcb986b579d3fd57e3736
/usr/lib/.build-id/93
/usr/lib/.build-id/93/247b5117534f0d72a9b4d04794486feaf12cf7
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3/0c100298d7ad8160ff7295292dd92d237fdeaf
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad/623024a98df919d993ad855b4f0cb6b64a437e
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0/bba13e365050ad5e7c36c5de8904db4d0cb68c
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0/be80df7b1094bb0dcaa5987e18e6039a5409a9
/usr/lib/.build-id/b4
/usr/lib/.build-id/b4/1357ca8a7c7a9274159a5ea7b669d393278e2b
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1/4845f99b6a043aaff441525de0e1ac1cbf82d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc/bc2f3bf5e7444cd6e8d6ac46ab3671c27a688e
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5/6580c68ebd3dc6679df37a152dd69f7f28f2e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0/c4ce48580ca8df8a300ac8923f04e85f17ebdf
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1/7c85327e3524231ea2a48dd6a611f578e91cc3
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/70d650749e0130544083ab53eddba99f7ce0a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd/fc1f685907eefbaee53547e766a0d6b55a96c2
/usr/sbin/agetty
/usr/sbin/blkid
/usr/sbin/blockdev
/usr/sbin/fsck
/usr/sbin/losetup
/usr/sbin/mkswap
/usr/sbin/partx
/usr/sbin/swapoff
/usr/sbin/swapon
/usr/sbin/switch_root
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/blkid
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/blockdev
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/chrt
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/dmesg
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/findmnt
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/flock
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/fsck
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/hardlink
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/ionice
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/ipcmk
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/ipcrm
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/ipcs
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/logger
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/losetup
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/mkswap
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/more
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/mountpoint
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/nsenter
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/partx
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/renice
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/setsid
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/swapoff
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/swapon
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/taskset
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/unshare
/usr/share/man/man1/chrt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dmesg.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flock.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/hardlink.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ionice.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipcmk.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipcrm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipcs.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/kill.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/logger.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/more.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mountpoint.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nsenter.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/renice.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/setsid.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/taskset.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/unshare.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/agetty.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/blkid.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/blockdev.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/findmnt.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/fsck.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/losetup.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/mkswap.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/mount.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/partx.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/swapoff.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/swapon.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/switch_root.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/umount.8.gz

References

util-linux-core website

Summary

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