How To Install ndctl on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ndctl on Rocky Linux 8.
What is ndctl
Utility library for managing the “libnvdimm” subsystem. The “libnvdimm” subsystem defines a kernel device model and control message interface for platform NVDIMM resources like those defined by the ACPI 6+ NFIT (NVDIMM Firmware Interface Table).
We can use yum or dnf to install ndctl on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ndctl.
Install ndctl 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 ndctl using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ndctl
Install ndctl 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 ndctl using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ndctl
How To Uninstall ndctl on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the ndctl package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ndctl
ndctl Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/modprobe.d/nvdimm-security.conf
/etc/ndctl/keys/keys.readme
/etc/ndctl/monitor.conf
/usr/bin/ndctl
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb/8e06db765f567848a3f9181ce7c83954b0483a
/usr/lib/systemd/system/ndctl-monitor.service
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/ndctl
/usr/share/licenses/ndctl
/usr/share/licenses/ndctl/CC0-1.0
/usr/share/licenses/ndctl/GPL-2.0
/usr/share/licenses/ndctl/MIT
/usr/share/man/man1/ndctl-activate-firmware.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ndctl-check-labels.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ndctl-check-namespace.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ndctl-clear-errors.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ndctl-create-namespace.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ndctl-destroy-namespace.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ndctl-disable-dimm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ndctl-disable-namespace.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ndctl-disable-region.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ndctl-enable-dimm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ndctl-enable-namespace.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ndctl-enable-region.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ndctl-freeze-security.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ndctl-init-labels.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ndctl-inject-error.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ndctl-inject-smart.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ndctl-list.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ndctl-load-keys.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ndctl-monitor.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ndctl-read-infoblock.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ndctl-read-labels.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ndctl-remove-passphrase.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ndctl-sanitize-dimm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ndctl-setup-passphrase.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ndctl-start-scrub.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ndctl-update-firmware.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ndctl-update-passphrase.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ndctl-wait-overwrite.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ndctl-wait-scrub.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ndctl-write-infoblock.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ndctl-write-labels.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ndctl-zero-labels.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ndctl.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ndctl on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
