How To Install dosfstools on CentOS 7
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.