How To Install iwpmd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install iwpmd.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. iwpmd.x86_64 is iWarp Port Mapper userspace daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install iwpmd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `iwpmd.x86_64`

iwpmd provides a userspace service for iWarp drivers to claim tcp ports through the standard socket interface.

We can use yum to install iwpmd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install iwpmd.x86_64.

Install iwpmd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install iwpmd.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install iwpmd.x86_64

How To Uninstall iwpmd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the iwpmd.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove iwpmd.x86_64

iwpmd.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/iwpmd.conf
/etc/rdma/modules/iwpmd.conf
/usr/lib/systemd/system/iwpmd.service
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/90-iwpmd.rules
/usr/sbin/iwpmd
/usr/share/man/man5/iwpmd.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/iwpmd.8.gz

References

iwpmd.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install iwpmd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.