How To Install tuned-profiles-compat on CentOS 8

tuned-profiles-compat is Additional tuned profiles mainly for backward compatibility with tuned 1.0

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tuned-profiles-compat on CentOS 8.

What is tuned-profiles-compat

Additional tuned profiles mainly for backward compatibility with tuned 1.0. It can be also used to fine tune your system for specific scenarios.

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

Install tuned-profiles-compat 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 tuned-profiles-compat using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tuned-profiles-compat

Install tuned-profiles-compat 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 tuned-profiles-compat using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tuned-profiles-compat

How To Uninstall tuned-profiles-compat on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the tuned-profiles-compat package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove tuned-profiles-compat

tuned-profiles-compat Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/tuned/default
/usr/lib/tuned/default/tuned.conf
/usr/lib/tuned/desktop-powersave
/usr/lib/tuned/desktop-powersave/tuned.conf
/usr/lib/tuned/enterprise-storage
/usr/lib/tuned/enterprise-storage/tuned.conf
/usr/lib/tuned/laptop-ac-powersave
/usr/lib/tuned/laptop-ac-powersave/script.sh
/usr/lib/tuned/laptop-ac-powersave/tuned.conf
/usr/lib/tuned/laptop-battery-powersave
/usr/lib/tuned/laptop-battery-powersave/tuned.conf
/usr/lib/tuned/server-powersave
/usr/lib/tuned/server-powersave/tuned.conf
/usr/lib/tuned/spindown-disk
/usr/lib/tuned/spindown-disk/script.sh
/usr/lib/tuned/spindown-disk/tuned.conf
/usr/share/man/man7/tuned-profiles-compat.7.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tuned-profiles-compat on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.