How To Install flopgen on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install flopgen on Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install flopgen.

Install flopgen 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 flopgen using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install flopgen

Install flopgen 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 flopgen using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install flopgen

How To Uninstall flopgen on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove flopgen

flopgen Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/flopgen
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1/edb48ac861d7e13896d01dfc4e2418b3b6e688
/usr/share/doc/flopgen
/usr/share/doc/flopgen/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/flopgen
/usr/share/licenses/flopgen/LICENSE

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Summary

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