How To Install tuned-profiles-cpu-partitioning on CentOS 8

tuned-profiles-cpu-partitioning is Additional tuned profile(s) optimized for CPU partitioning

Introduction

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

What is tuned-profiles-cpu-partitioning

Additional tuned profile(s) optimized for CPU partitioning.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install tuned-profiles-cpu-partitioning

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

sudo yum -y install tuned-profiles-cpu-partitioning

How To Uninstall tuned-profiles-cpu-partitioning on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove tuned-profiles-cpu-partitioning

tuned-profiles-cpu-partitioning Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/tuned/cpu-partitioning-variables.conf
/usr/lib/tuned/cpu-partitioning
/usr/lib/tuned/cpu-partitioning/00-tuned-pre-udev.sh
/usr/lib/tuned/cpu-partitioning/script.sh
/usr/lib/tuned/cpu-partitioning/tuned.conf
/usr/share/man/man7/tuned-profiles-cpu-partitioning.7.gz

References

Summary

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