How To Install mtools on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mtools
on AlmaLinux 8.
What is mtools
Mtools is a collection of utilities for accessing MS-DOS files. Mtools allow you to read, write and move around MS-DOS filesystem files (normally on MS-DOS floppy disks). Mtools supports Windows95 style long file names, OS/2 XDF disks, and 2m disks Mtools should be installed if you need to use MS-DOS disks
We can use yum
or dnf
to install mtools
on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mtools.
Install mtools on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install mtools
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mtools
Install mtools on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install mtools
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mtools
How To Uninstall mtools on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the mtools
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mtools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mtools
on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.