How To Install xmount on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xmount on CentOS 7.
What is xmount
xmount allows you to convert on-the-fly between multiple input and output hard disk image types. xmount creates a virtual file system using FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) that contains a virtual representation of the input image. The virtual representation can be in raw DD, VirtualBox’s virtual disk file format or in VmWare’s VMDK file format. Input images can be raw DD, EWF (Expert Witness Compression Format) or AFF (Advanced Forensic Format) files. In addition, xmount also supports virtual write access to the output files that is redirected to a cache file. This makes it possible to boot acquired hard disk images using QEMU, KVM, VirtualBox, VmWare, or alike.
We can use yum or dnf to install xmount on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xmount.
Install xmount on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install xmount using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xmount
Install xmount 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 xmount using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xmount
How To Uninstall xmount on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the xmount package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xmount
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xmount on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
