Information about the package, dosfstools, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The dosfstools package is designed for, Utilities for making and checking MS-DOS FAT filesystems on Linux.
Package Name:
dosfstools
Summary:
Utilities for making and checking MS-DOS FAT filesystems on Linux
Description:
The dosfstools package includes the mkdosfs and dosfsck utilities, which respectively make and check MS-DOS FAT filesystems on hard drives or on floppies.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.0.9
Release:
4.el6
Size:
78 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv3+
Control the dosfstools package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install dosfstools
This command will install dosfstools on the server.
yum remove dosfstools
This command will un-install dosfstools on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dosfstools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove dosfstools
This command will un-install dosfstools on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove dosfstools when using the -y flag.
yum update dosfstools
This command will update dosfstools to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dosfstools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update dosfstools
This command will update dosfstools to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove dosfstools when using the -y flag.
yum info dosfstools
This command will show you core information about the dosfstools package.
yum deplist dosfstools
This command will show you the dependencies for dosfstools. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update dosfstools
This command will check if there is an update waiting on dosfstools. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.