How To Install fpart on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install fpart on CentOS 7. fpart is a tool that sorts files and packs them into bags

Introduction

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

What is fpart

Fpart is a tool that helps you sort file trees and pack them into bags (called “partitions”). It is developed in C and available under the BSD license. It splits a list of directories and file trees into a certain number of partitions, trying to produce partitions with the same size and number of files. It can also produce partitions with a given number of files or a limited size.

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

Install fpart on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install fpart

Install fpart 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 fpart using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fpart

How To Uninstall fpart on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove fpart

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Summary

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