How To Install zswap-cli on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install zswap-cli on CentOS 8.
What is zswap-cli
ZSwap-cli is a command-line tool to control zswap options.
We can use yum or dnf to install zswap-cli on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install zswap-cli.
Install zswap-cli 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 zswap-cli using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install zswap-cli
Install zswap-cli 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 zswap-cli using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install zswap-cli
How To Uninstall zswap-cli on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the zswap-cli package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove zswap-cli
zswap-cli Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/zswap-cli
/etc/zswap-cli/zswap-cli.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/47
/usr/lib/.build-id/47/4da95bb40e02f42e222fc3572a4c05f3aa4687
/usr/lib/systemd/system/zswap-cli.service
/usr/sbin/zswap-cli
/usr/share/doc/zswap-cli
/usr/share/doc/zswap-cli/README.md
/usr/share/doc/zswap-cli/configuration-files.md
/usr/share/doc/zswap-cli/doxygen.md
/usr/share/doc/zswap-cli/environment-options.md
/usr/share/doc/zswap-cli/installation.md
/usr/share/doc/zswap-cli/using-application.md
/usr/share/licenses/zswap-cli
/usr/share/licenses/zswap-cli/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/zswap-cli.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zswap-cli on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.