How To Install fpart on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fpart on Rocky Linux 8.
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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fpart.
Install fpart 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 fpart using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install fpart
Install fpart 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 fpart using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install fpart
How To Uninstall fpart on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the fpart package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove fpart
fpart Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/bin/fpart
/usr/bin/fpsync
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/08
/usr/lib/.build-id/08/1b00a39d471c367be04f061d9ad80051e72551
/usr/share/doc/fpart
/usr/share/doc/fpart/Changelog
/usr/share/doc/fpart/README
/usr/share/doc/fpart/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/fpart
/usr/share/licenses/fpart/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/fpart.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fpsync.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fpart on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.