How To Install ipmctl on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install ipmctl on Rocky Linux 8. ipmctl is Utility for managing Intel Optane DC persistent memory modules

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ipmctl on Rocky Linux 8.

What is ipmctl

Utility for managing Intel Optane DC persistent memory modules Supports functionality to Discover DCPMMs on the platform. Provision the platform memory configuration. View and update the firmware on DCPMMs. Configure data-at-rest security on DCPMMs. Track health and performance of DCPMMs. Debug and troubleshoot DCPMMs.

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

Install ipmctl 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 ipmctl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ipmctl

Install ipmctl 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 ipmctl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ipmctl

How To Uninstall ipmctl on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the ipmctl package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ipmctl

ipmctl Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/ipmctl
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1/40cf6a5d84ec824dc3372eafd1e0f4bdcf8ed2
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-change-preferences.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-change-sensor.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-create-goal.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-delete-goal.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-delete-pcd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-dump-debug-log.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-dump-goal.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-dump-session.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-dump-support-data.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-help.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-inject-error.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-load-goal.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-load-session.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-modify-device.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-show-acpi.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-show-cap.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-show-cel.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-show-device.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-show-error-log.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-show-firmware.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-show-goal.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-show-memory-resources.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-show-pcd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-show-performance.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-show-preferences.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-show-region.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-show-sensor.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-show-session.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-show-socket.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-show-system-capabilities.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-show-topology.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-start-diagnostic.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-start-session.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-stop-session.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-update-firmware.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl-version.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmctl.1.gz

References

Summary

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