How To Install partclone on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install partclone on Rocky Linux 8. partclone is Utility to clone and restore a partition

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install partclone on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `partclone`

Partclone provides utilities to clone and restore used blocks on a partition and is designed for higher compatibility of the file system by using existing libraries, e.g. e2fslibs is used to read and write the ext2 partition.

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

Install partclone 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 partclone using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install partclone

Install partclone 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 partclone using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install partclone

How To Uninstall partclone on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove partclone

partclone Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/33
/usr/lib/.build-id/33/94b33149642a0534b9e9203694fc8421e98f22
/usr/lib/.build-id/5a
/usr/lib/.build-id/5a/b374c3993c2dc5d8d4c5525c25da77d2bbbe3a
/usr/lib/.build-id/65
/usr/lib/.build-id/65/4164d3a43c518ba3e46bf9d7525c0ca45de113
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a/5c65a9dfb990a52b9e49ca0019698a8cfdb716
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f/f6927c017fc86704765ed9c48d4d9f90146f4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/93
/usr/lib/.build-id/93/a0018efae542f62b59839b13c4b74191be38b2
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4/1712b6f8b72d867e682b8d9e449eebd46961c1
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7/aecdf03c3dbe9b9e44d65289b1835ad63982bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb/8be099d5c3d6dbf2f2d0f8d520607e13f54898
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5/d867c5ca89f7f3484a507e49c0c513470de50c
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0/6ad1254e6c0450f867b4784710da1145f4daed
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4/875d1ac5db688491c8eef0f51615e53568c424
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7/4df045e9227b65b6a8b0f023200dd4e80a669e
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb/a78593a4a3459f6dc0d1572f21ba7929c3e99c
/usr/sbin/partclone.btrfs
/usr/sbin/partclone.chkimg
/usr/sbin/partclone.dd
/usr/sbin/partclone.ext2
/usr/sbin/partclone.ext3
/usr/sbin/partclone.ext4
/usr/sbin/partclone.ext4dev
/usr/sbin/partclone.extfs
/usr/sbin/partclone.f2fs
/usr/sbin/partclone.fat
/usr/sbin/partclone.fat12
/usr/sbin/partclone.fat16
/usr/sbin/partclone.fat32
/usr/sbin/partclone.hfs+
/usr/sbin/partclone.hfsp
/usr/sbin/partclone.hfsplus
/usr/sbin/partclone.imager
/usr/sbin/partclone.info
/usr/sbin/partclone.minix
/usr/sbin/partclone.ntfs
/usr/sbin/partclone.ntfsfixboot
/usr/sbin/partclone.ntfsreloc
/usr/sbin/partclone.restore
/usr/sbin/partclone.vfat
/usr/sbin/partclone.xfs
/usr/share/doc/partclone
/usr/share/doc/partclone/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/partclone/ChangeLog
/usr/share/licenses/partclone
/usr/share/licenses/partclone/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/fr_FR/LC_MESSAGES/partclone.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/partclone.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/partclone.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/partclone.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/partclone.mo
/usr/share/man/man8/partclone.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/partclone.btrfs.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/partclone.chkimg.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/partclone.dd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/partclone.ext2.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/partclone.ext3.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/partclone.ext4.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/partclone.ext4dev.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/partclone.extfs.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/partclone.f2fs.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/partclone.fat.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/partclone.fat12.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/partclone.fat16.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/partclone.fat32.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/partclone.hfs+.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/partclone.hfsp.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/partclone.hfsplus.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/partclone.imager.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/partclone.info.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/partclone.minix.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/partclone.ntfs.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/partclone.ntfsfixboot.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/partclone.ntfsreloc.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/partclone.restore.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/partclone.vfat.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/partclone.xfs.8.gz
/usr/share/partclone
/usr/share/partclone/fail-mbr.bin

References

partclone website

Summary

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