How To Install workspace on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install workspace in Fedora 36. workspace is A tool to create scratch directories by users with an expiration date

Introduction

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

What is workspace

A workspace is a directory, with an associated expiration date, created on behalf of a user, to prevent disks from uncontrolled filling. The project provides user and admin tools to manage those directories.

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

Install workspace 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 workspace using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install workspace

Install workspace 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 workspace using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install workspace

How To Uninstall workspace on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove workspace

workspace Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/ws_allocate
/usr/bin/ws_extend
/usr/bin/ws_find
/usr/bin/ws_list
/usr/bin/ws_register
/usr/bin/ws_release
/usr/bin/ws_restore
/usr/bin/ws_send_ical
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/22
/usr/lib/.build-id/22/cc68da32aa3a8a23249dc00ee1eaeabc63bcce
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b/9b819c040f2ea36c46b9908140c6ab9db0b32c
/usr/lib/.build-id/82
/usr/lib/.build-id/82/b3d175f4cbd0ffa61b6e3cab091488b39fbba1
/usr/sbin/ws_expirer
/usr/sbin/ws_prepare
/usr/sbin/ws_restore
/usr/sbin/ws_validate_config
/usr/share/doc/workspace
/usr/share/doc/workspace/README.md
/usr/share/doc/workspace/admin-guide.md
/usr/share/doc/workspace/user-guide.md
/usr/share/doc/workspace/ws.conf
/usr/share/doc/workspace/ws.conf_full_sample
/usr/share/licenses/workspace
/usr/share/licenses/workspace/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/ws_allocate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ws_extend.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ws_find.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ws_list.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ws_register.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ws_release.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ws_restore.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ws_send_ical.1.gz

References

Summary

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