How To Install gnome-disk-utility on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-disk-utility on Rocky Linux 8. gnome-disk-utility is Disks

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-disk-utility on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `gnome-disk-utility`

This package contains the Disks and Disk Image Mounter applications. Disks supports partitioning, file system creation, encryption, fstab/crypttab editing, ATA SMART and other features

We can use yum or dnf to install gnome-disk-utility on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gnome-disk-utility.

Install gnome-disk-utility 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 gnome-disk-utility using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gnome-disk-utility

Install gnome-disk-utility 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 gnome-disk-utility using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gnome-disk-utility

How To Uninstall gnome-disk-utility on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the gnome-disk-utility package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gnome-disk-utility

gnome-disk-utility Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/xdg/autostart/org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.DiskUtilityNotify.desktop
/usr/bin/gnome-disk-image-mounter
/usr/bin/gnome-disks
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/24
/usr/lib/.build-id/24/84608a01257feef84ab2b5fd34f6dab8d37dd8
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b/ac0af0bc215f0070812956e97b22fe87d974fb
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0/69160acfad909078dea225fdc787047904c0e3
/usr/libexec/gsd-disk-utility-notify
/usr/share/applications/gnome-disk-image-mounter.desktop
/usr/share/applications/gnome-disk-image-writer.desktop
/usr/share/applications/org.gnome.DiskUtility.desktop
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.gnome.DiskUtility.service
/usr/share/doc/gnome-disk-utility
/usr/share/doc/gnome-disk-utility/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gnome-disk-utility/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gnome-disk-utility/README
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.Disks.gschema.xml
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/gnome-disks.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/gnome-disks.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/gnome-disks.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/gnome-disks.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/gnome-disks.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/gnome-disks.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/gnome-disks-state-standby-symbolic.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/gnome-disks-symbolic.svg
/usr/share/licenses/gnome-disk-utility
/usr/share/licenses/gnome-disk-utility/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@shaw/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/gd/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/km/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/mai/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-disk-utility.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/gnome-disk-image-mounter.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gnome-disks.1.gz
/usr/share/metainfo/org.gnome.DiskUtility.appdata.xml

References

gnome-disk-utility website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-disk-utility on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.