How to Install and Uninstall xfsprogs.x86_64 Package on AlmaLinux 8

Last updated: November 01,2024

1. Install "xfsprogs.x86_64" package

This tutorial shows how to install xfsprogs.x86_64 on AlmaLinux 8


    
        
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                sudo dnf update
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
                xfsprogs.x86_64
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "xfsprogs.x86_64" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall xfsprogs.x86_64 on AlmaLinux 8:


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
                xfsprogs.x86_64
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the xfsprogs.x86_64 package on AlmaLinux 8

Last metadata expiration check: 1:07:38 ago on Mon Sep 5 03:22:42 2022.
Available Packages
Name : xfsprogs
Version : 5.0.0
Release : 10.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 1.1 M
Source : xfsprogs-5.0.0-10.el8.src.rpm
Repository : baseos
Summary : Utilities for managing the XFS filesystem
URL : https://xfs.wiki.kernel.org
License : GPL+ and LGPLv2+
Description : A set of commands to use the XFS filesystem, including mkfs.xfs.
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: XFS is a high performance journaling filesystem which originated
: on the SGI IRIX platform. It is completely multi-threaded, can
: support large files and large filesystems, extended attributes,
: variable block sizes, is extent based, and makes extensive use of
: Btrees (directories, extents, free space) to aid both performance
: and scalability.
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: This implementation is on-disk compatible with the IRIX version
: of XFS.