How To Install flopgen on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install flopgen on CentOS 8. flopgen is Tool for automatic creation of FAT-formatted floppy disk images

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install flopgen on CentOS 8.

What is flopgen

Flopgen is a tool for automatic creation of FAT-formatted floppy disk images with user-supplied files. This program should be especially useful for people who need to transfer files frequently between their main machines and emulated/virtualised legacy systems with no or unreliable CD support.

We can use yum or dnf to install flopgen on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install flopgen.

Install flopgen on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install flopgen

Install flopgen on CentOS 8 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 flopgen using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install flopgen

How To Uninstall flopgen on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove flopgen

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install flopgen on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.