How To Install genwqe-vpd on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install genwqe-vpd on CentOS 8.
What is genwqe-vpd
The genwqe-vpd package contains GenWQE adapter VPD tools.
We can use yum or dnf to install genwqe-vpd on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install genwqe-vpd.
Install genwqe-vpd 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 genwqe-vpd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install genwqe-vpd
Install genwqe-vpd 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 genwqe-vpd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install genwqe-vpd
How To Uninstall genwqe-vpd on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the genwqe-vpd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove genwqe-vpd
genwqe-vpd Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/genwqe_vpd.csv
/usr/bin/genwqe_csv2vpd
/usr/bin/genwqe_vpdconv
/usr/bin/genwqe_vpdupdate
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d/d29984082b2a6b0e910fbaecd758bc5fa2cbca
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5/5f1270890292ab83bae4ca83f0713b9ace45ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9/6002d7c494272d6a2e846892d57077dec80e8a
/usr/share/licenses/genwqe-vpd
/usr/share/licenses/genwqe-vpd/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/genwqe_csv2vpd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/genwqe_vpdconv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/genwqe_vpdupdate.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install genwqe-vpd on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.