[SOLVED] How to install mke2fs on centos?

Issue

I've tried both virtual box and docker to install centos, latest version, neither has "mke2fs" command. I then tried to use root and type:

yum install mke2fs*
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Setting up Install Process
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...... No package mke2fs* available.

Why is this? Is it inside another package name other than mke2fs?

Solution

You can use yum provides. Provides=Find what package provides the given value

$ yum provides mke2fs
e2fsprogs-1.42.9-9.el7.x86_64 : Utilities for managing ext2, ext3, and ext4 filesystems
Repo        : base
Matched from:
Filename    : /usr/sbin/mke2fs

So I installed e2fsprogs (I did it in docker):

FROM centos:7
RUN yum -y update && \
    yum -y install e2fsprogs

build it and started my container:

$ docker run -it my-centos bash
[root@1ef2a7d930cf /]# mke2fs
Usage: mke2fs [-c|-l filename] [-b block-size] [-C cluster-size]
    [-i bytes-per-inode] [-I inode-size] [-J journal-options]
    [-G flex-group-size] [-N number-of-inodes]
    [-m reserved-blocks-percentage] [-o creator-os]
    [-g blocks-per-group] [-L volume-label] [-M last-mounted-directory]
    [-O feature[,...]] [-r fs-revision] [-E extended-option[,...]]
    [-t fs-type] [-T usage-type ] [-U UUID] [-jnqvDFKSV] device [blocks-count]

Answered By - lvthillo

Answer Checked By - Katrina (WPSolving Volunteer)