How To Install zswap-cli on CentOS 8

zswap-cli is Command-line tool to control zswap options

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.