How To Install e2fsprogs on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install e2fsprogs on AlmaLinux 8.
What is e2fsprogs
The e2fsprogs package contains a number of utilities for creating, checking, modifying, and correcting any inconsistencies in second, third and fourth extended (ext2/ext3/ext4) file systems. E2fsprogs contains e2fsck (used to repair file system inconsistencies after an unclean shutdown), mke2fs (used to initialize a partition to contain an empty ext2 file system), debugfs (used to examine the internal structure of a file system, to manually repair a corrupted file system, or to create test cases for e2fsck), tune2fs (used to modify file system parameters), and most of the other core ext2fs file system utilities. You should install the e2fsprogs package if you need to manage the performance of an ext2, ext3, or ext4 file system.
We can use yum or dnf to install e2fsprogs on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install e2fsprogs.
Install e2fsprogs on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install e2fsprogs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install e2fsprogs
Install e2fsprogs on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install e2fsprogs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install e2fsprogs
How To Uninstall e2fsprogs on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the e2fsprogs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove e2fsprogs
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install e2fsprogs on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.