How To Install dpdk on CentOS 8
dpdk is Set of libraries and drivers for fast packet processing
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dpdk on CentOS 8.
What is dpdk
The Data Plane Development Kit is a set of libraries and drivers for fast packet processing in the user space.
We can use yum or dnf to install dpdk on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dpdk.
Install dpdk 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 dpdk using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install dpdk
Install dpdk 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 dpdk using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install dpdk
How To Uninstall dpdk on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the dpdk package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove dpdk
dpdk Package Contents on CentOS 8
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/usr/lib64/librte_power.so.21
/usr/lib64/librte_power.so.21.0
/usr/lib64/librte_rawdev.so.21
/usr/lib64/librte_rawdev.so.21.0
/usr/lib64/librte_rcu.so.21
/usr/lib64/librte_rcu.so.21.0
/usr/lib64/librte_regexdev.so.21
/usr/lib64/librte_regexdev.so.21.0
/usr/lib64/librte_reorder.so.21
/usr/lib64/librte_reorder.so.21.0
/usr/lib64/librte_rib.so.21
/usr/lib64/librte_rib.so.21.0
/usr/lib64/librte_ring.so.21
/usr/lib64/librte_ring.so.21.0
/usr/lib64/librte_sched.so.21
/usr/lib64/librte_sched.so.21.0
/usr/lib64/librte_security.so.21
/usr/lib64/librte_security.so.21.0
/usr/lib64/librte_stack.so.21
/usr/lib64/librte_stack.so.21.0
/usr/lib64/librte_table.so.21
/usr/lib64/librte_table.so.21.0
/usr/lib64/librte_telemetry.so.21
/usr/lib64/librte_telemetry.so.21.0
/usr/lib64/librte_timer.so.21
/usr/lib64/librte_timer.so.21.0
/usr/lib64/librte_vhost.so.21
/usr/lib64/librte_vhost.so.21.0
/usr/share/doc/dpdk
/usr/share/doc/dpdk/MAINTAINERS
/usr/share/doc/dpdk/README
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dpdk on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.