How To Install rt-tests on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install rt-tests on Rocky Linux 8. rt-tests is Programs that test various rt-features

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rt-tests on Rocky Linux 8.

What is rt-tests

rt-tests is a set of programs that test and measure various components of real-time kernel behavior. This package measures timer, signal, and hardware latency. It also tests the functioning of priority-inheritance mutexes.

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

Install rt-tests 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 rt-tests using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rt-tests

Install rt-tests 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 rt-tests using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rt-tests

How To Uninstall rt-tests on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the rt-tests package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove rt-tests

rt-tests Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/cyclicdeadline
/usr/bin/cyclictest
/usr/bin/deadline_test
/usr/bin/determine_maximum_mpps.sh
/usr/bin/get_cyclictest_snapshot
/usr/bin/hackbench
/usr/bin/hwlatdetect
/usr/bin/oslat
/usr/bin/pi_stress
/usr/bin/pip_stress
/usr/bin/pmqtest
/usr/bin/ptsematest
/usr/bin/queuelat
/usr/bin/rt-migrate-test
/usr/bin/signaltest
/usr/bin/sigwaittest
/usr/bin/ssdd
/usr/bin/svsematest
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b/8b35bb71bde66a8984e77b7a7ace7a062d4427
/usr/lib/.build-id/31
/usr/lib/.build-id/31/7f87c43dc1006ca169183a5f23a0098b0917c5
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e/ba9a90a5ed3130da543b1033d0a81ca4e52c31
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f/71b76cfaa35547204bf3d736365bafb553e081
/usr/lib/.build-id/40
/usr/lib/.build-id/40/ca9b0f30ae311ec0592060676df9849e7da0eb
/usr/lib/.build-id/81
/usr/lib/.build-id/81/d7e57e6023455d3b6818debdf8c323a578370b
/usr/lib/.build-id/93
/usr/lib/.build-id/93/ae767b76c9e1db2332de45848fd252af24d614
/usr/lib/.build-id/98
/usr/lib/.build-id/98/9f471e931520731578d0902b1aaa1d7204b6ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f/b29a91ae3d7efccaf2447a3d3d21776510d7fc
/usr/lib/.build-id/b4
/usr/lib/.build-id/b4/c828851b0ad05829d1bc8da203ae57d51a9adf
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/708b40c209d434de465d278efeaf5f545e377b
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc/d2158dd61ee4299f951b83e1d3540864c4a280
/usr/lib/.build-id/de
/usr/lib/.build-id/de/4a30de50d3c9ca83192e943f3b3e844850ac63
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea/e40213b88c7d49faa1a5eb4cd9c3e5fe98de2f
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee/21354cc78c3d48bdd1da134816f7dcd2b67ef2
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/get_cyclictest_snapshot.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/get_cyclictest_snapshot.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/hwlatdetect.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/hwlatdetect.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/get_cyclictest_snapshot.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/hwlatdetect.py
/usr/share/man/man8/cyclicdeadline.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/cyclictest.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/deadline_test.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/determine_maximum_mpps.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/get_cyclictest_snapshot.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/hackbench.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/hwlatdetect.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/oslat.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pi_stress.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pip_stress.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pmqtest.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ptsematest.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/queuelat.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rt-migrate-test.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/signaltest.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sigwaittest.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ssdd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/svsematest.8.gz

References

Summary

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