How To Install dosfstools on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install dosfstools on CentOS 7. dosfstools is Utilities for making and checking MS-DOS FAT filesystems on Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dosfstools on CentOS 7.

What is dosfstools

The dosfstools package includes the mkdosfs and dosfsck utilities, which respectively make and check MS-DOS FAT filesystems on hard drives or on floppies.

We can use yum or dnf to install dosfstools on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dosfstools.

Install dosfstools on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install dosfstools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dosfstools

Install dosfstools on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install dosfstools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dosfstools

How To Uninstall dosfstools on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove dosfstools

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dosfstools on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.