How To Install bmap-tools on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bmap-tools on Rocky Linux 8.
What is bmap-tools
Tools to generate “block map” (a.k.a. bmap) files and flash images. Bmaptool is a generic tool for creating the block map (bmap) for a file, and copying files using the block map. The idea is that large file containing unused blocks, like raw system image files, can be copied or flashed a lot faster with bmaptool than with traditional tools like “dd” or “cp”. See https
We can use yum or dnf to install bmap-tools on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bmap-tools.
Install bmap-tools on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install bmap-tools using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install bmap-tools
Install bmap-tools on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install bmap-tools using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install bmap-tools
How To Uninstall bmap-tools on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the bmap-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove bmap-tools
bmap-tools Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/bin/bmaptool
/usr/share/man/man1/bmaptool.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bmap-tools on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.