Information about the package, f3, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The f3 package is designed for, Utility to test for fake flash drives and cards.
Package Name:
f3
Summary:
Utility to test for fake flash drives and cards
Description:
F3 is a utility to test for fake flash drives and cards. It is a Free Software alternative to h2testw. f3write will fill the unused part of a filesystem with files NNNN.fff with known content, and f3read will analyze the files to determine whether the contents are corrupted, as happens with fake flash.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2
Release:
2.el6
Size:
24 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv3
Control the f3 package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install f3
This command will install f3 on the server.
yum remove f3
This command will un-install f3 on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove f3, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove f3
This command will un-install f3 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 f3 when using the -y flag.
yum update f3
This command will update f3 to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove f3, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update f3
This command will update f3 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 f3 when using the -y flag.
yum info f3
This command will show you core information about the f3 package.
yum deplist f3
This command will show you the dependencies for f3. 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 f3
This command will check if there is an update waiting on f3. 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.