How To Install genwqe-vpd on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install genwqe-vpd on Rocky Linux 8. genwqe-vpd is GenWQE adapter VPD tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install genwqe-vpd on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `genwqe-vpd`

The genwqe-vpd package contains GenWQE adapter VPD tools.

We can use yum or dnf to install genwqe-vpd on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install genwqe-vpd.

Install genwqe-vpd on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install genwqe-vpd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install genwqe-vpd

Install genwqe-vpd on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install genwqe-vpd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install genwqe-vpd

How To Uninstall genwqe-vpd on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the genwqe-vpd package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove genwqe-vpd

genwqe-vpd Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/genwqe_vpd.csv
/usr/bin/genwqe_csv2vpd
/usr/bin/genwqe_vpdconv
/usr/bin/genwqe_vpdupdate
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a/d766989f354c652ccc3b0d5e6add5d5393bbe5
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6/678fdb4d3f32c75c67eb704d1a31c76d3a2626
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf/5ab8b6df37a873f13ce18def67508ae15b1abc
/usr/share/licenses/genwqe-vpd
/usr/share/licenses/genwqe-vpd/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/genwqe_csv2vpd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/genwqe_vpdconv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/genwqe_vpdupdate.1.gz

References

genwqe-vpd website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install genwqe-vpd on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.