How To Install memtest86+ on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install memtest86+ on CentOS 8.
What is memtest86+
Memtest86+ is a thorough stand-alone memory test for x86 and x86-64 architecture computers. BIOS based memory tests are only a quick check and often miss many of the failures that are detected by Memtest86+. The ELF version should be used for booting from grub, and avoids the following errors “Error 7 “Error 13 “Error 28 The script ‘/usr/sbin/memtest-setup’ can be run (as root) to add the memtest86+ entry to your GRUB boot menu.
We can use yum or dnf to install memtest86+ on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install memtest86+.
Install memtest86+ 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 memtest86+ using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install memtest86+
Install memtest86+ 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 memtest86+ using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install memtest86+
How To Uninstall memtest86+ on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the memtest86+ package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove memtest86+
memtest86+ Package Contents on CentOS 8
/boot/elf-memtest86+-5.01
/boot/memtest86+-5.01
/etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+
/etc/memtest86+.conf
/usr/sbin/memtest-setup
/usr/sbin/new-memtest-pkg
/usr/share/doc/memtest86+
/usr/share/doc/memtest86+/README
/usr/share/doc/memtest86+/README.redhat
/usr/share/man/man8/memtest-setup.8.gz
/usr/share/memtest86+
/usr/share/memtest86+/20_memtest86+
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install memtest86+ on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.