How To Install opa-basic-tools on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install opa-basic-tools on Rocky Linux 8. opa-basic-tools is OPA management level tools and scripts

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install opa-basic-tools on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `opa-basic-tools`

Contains basic tools for fabric management necessary on all compute nodes.

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

Install opa-basic-tools 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 opa-basic-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install opa-basic-tools

Install opa-basic-tools 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 opa-basic-tools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install opa-basic-tools

How To Uninstall opa-basic-tools on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the opa-basic-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove opa-basic-tools

opa-basic-tools Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/opa/opamgt_tls.xml
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/21
/usr/lib/.build-id/21/08a27730707f2d65dc0365b0f4024d4d66e339
/usr/lib/.build-id/94
/usr/lib/.build-id/94/c3b725efbb7cda8dd87f5601522ebace41d675
/usr/lib/.build-id/de
/usr/lib/.build-id/de/49979cba81d1ba7db123bf8cf7dbc849fcf2c2
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9/bf78265948a5800061d6d86e697bfc72e0f029
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef/712468981ea3b8f08a81a142c70e17a392c265
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0/41d3d518e3035e6b1ed2ea47efbfcf3857e0b0
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0/d46fde2d30f4e9a0ae855576838fbf11c7cdf1
/usr/lib/opa/tools/opaipcalc
/usr/lib/opa/tools/setup_self_ssh
/usr/lib/opa/tools/stream
/usr/lib/opa/tools/usemem
/usr/sbin/opacapture
/usr/sbin/opafabricinfo
/usr/sbin/opagetvf
/usr/sbin/opagetvf_env
/usr/sbin/opahfirev
/usr/sbin/opainfo
/usr/sbin/opapmaquery
/usr/sbin/opaportconfig
/usr/sbin/opaportinfo
/usr/sbin/oparesolvehfiport
/usr/sbin/opasaquery
/usr/sbin/opasmaquery
/usr/share/licenses/opa-basic-tools
/usr/share/licenses/opa-basic-tools/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/opacapture.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/opafabricinfo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/opagetvf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/opagetvf_env.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/opahfirev.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/opainfo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/opapmaquery.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/opaportconfig.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/opaportinfo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/oparesolvehfiport.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/opasaquery.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/opasmaquery.1.gz
/usr/share/opa/samples/opamgt_tls.xml-sample

References

opa-basic-tools website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install opa-basic-tools on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.