How To Install uhubctl on CentOS 8

uhubctl is USB hub per-port power control

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install uhubctl on CentOS 8.

What is uhubctl

uhubctl is utility to control USB power per-port on smart USB hubs. Smart hub is defined as one that implements per-port power switching.

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

Install uhubctl 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 uhubctl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install uhubctl

Install uhubctl 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 uhubctl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install uhubctl

How To Uninstall uhubctl on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the uhubctl package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove uhubctl

uhubctl Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8/f49f01b3d9c0f59c6e39329b7ec7f19668398a
/usr/sbin/uhubctl
/usr/share/doc/uhubctl
/usr/share/doc/uhubctl/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/uhubctl
/usr/share/licenses/uhubctl/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/uhubctl/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install uhubctl on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.