How To Install cpuid on Fedora 34

cpuid is Dumps information about the CPU(s)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cpuid on Fedora 34.

What is cpuid

cpuid dumps detailed information about x86 CPU(s) gathered from the CPUID instruction, and also determines the exact model of CPU(s). It supports Intel, AMD, and VIA CPUs, as well as older Transmeta, Cyrix, UMC, NexGen, and Rise CPUs.

We can use yum or dnf to install cpuid on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cpuid.

Install cpuid on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install cpuid using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cpuid

Install cpuid on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install cpuid using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cpuid

How To Uninstall cpuid on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove cpuid

cpuid Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/cpuid
/usr/bin/cpuinfo2cpuid
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/70
/usr/lib/.build-id/70/308acdae2e01d901176534d57eea86119243ae
/usr/share/doc/cpuid
/usr/share/doc/cpuid/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/cpuid/FUTURE
/usr/share/licenses/cpuid
/usr/share/licenses/cpuid/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/cpuid.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cpuid on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.