How To Install accel-config on CentOS 8

accel-config is Configure accelerator subsystem devices Configure accelerator subsystem devices

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install accel-config on CentOS 8.

What is `accel-config`

Utility library for configuring the accelerator subsystem. accel-config 2.8 1.el8 x86_64 63 k accel-config-2.8-1.el8.src.rpm baseos Configure accelerator subsystem devices https GPLv2 and LGPLv2 and MIT and CC0 Utility library for configuring the accelerator subsystem.

We can use yum or dnf to install accel-config on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install accel-config.

Install accel-config on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install accel-config using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install accel-config

Install accel-config on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install accel-config using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install accel-config

How To Uninstall accel-config on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the accel-config package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove accel-config

accel-config Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/accel-config/accel-config.conf.sample
/usr/bin/accel-config
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/75
/usr/lib/.build-id/75/4e676e4a28f02927e683f0a6eba75543f4bcb4
/usr/share/licenses/accel-config
/usr/share/licenses/accel-config/BSD-MIT
/usr/share/licenses/accel-config/CC0
/usr/share/licenses/accel-config/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-config-device.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-config-engine.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-config-group.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-config-wq.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-create-mdev.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-disable-device.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-disable-wq.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-enable-device.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-enable-wq.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-list.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-load-config.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-remove-mdev.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-save-config.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config.1.gz
/etc/accel-config/accel-config.conf.sample
/usr/bin/accel-config
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a/f7fcc7a961f82b42a87c1623914bd62b18a06d
/usr/share/licenses/accel-config
/usr/share/licenses/accel-config/BSD-MIT
/usr/share/licenses/accel-config/CC0
/usr/share/licenses/accel-config/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-config-device.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-config-engine.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-config-group.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-config-wq.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-create-mdev.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-disable-device.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-disable-wq.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-enable-device.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-enable-wq.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-list.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-load-config.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-remove-mdev.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-save-config.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config.1.gz

References

[accel-config website](https://github.com/intel/idxd-config https://github.com/intel/idxd-config)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install accel-config on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.