How To Install cpuid on CentOS 8

cpuid is Dumps information about the CPU(s)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cpuid on CentOS 8.

What is cpuid

cpuid dumps detailed information about x86 CPU(s) gathered from the CPUID instruction, and also determines the exact model of CPU(s). It supports Intel, AMD, and VIA CPUs, as well as older Transmeta, Cyrix, UMC, NexGen, and Rise CPUs.

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

Install cpuid 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 cpuid using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cpuid

Install cpuid 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 cpuid using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cpuid

How To Uninstall cpuid on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the cpuid package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove cpuid

cpuid Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/cpuid
/usr/bin/cpuinfo2cpuid
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc/67a0bb7c8c4763a538474ee1d7a270f9df4600
/usr/share/doc/cpuid
/usr/share/doc/cpuid/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/cpuid/FUTURE
/usr/share/licenses/cpuid
/usr/share/licenses/cpuid/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/cpuid.1.gz

References

Summary

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