How To Install fs_mark on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fs_mark on CentOS 8.
What is fs_mark
The fs_mark program is meant to give a low level bashing to file systems. The write pattern that we concentrate on is heavily synchronous IO across mutiple directories, drives, etc.
We can use yum or dnf to install fs_mark on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fs_mark.
Install fs_mark on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install fs_mark using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install fs_mark
Install fs_mark on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install fs_mark using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install fs_mark
How To Uninstall fs_mark on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the fs_mark package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove fs_mark
fs_mark Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/fs_mark
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f/ec715d8e05c57086fe98746b7ed9843481abde
/usr/share/doc/fs_mark
/usr/share/doc/fs_mark/README
/usr/share/doc/fs_mark/plot_test
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fs_mark on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
