How To Install hdparm on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hdparm on Fedora 34.
What is hdparm
Hdparm is a useful system utility for setting (E)IDE hard drive parameters. For example, hdparm can be used to tweak hard drive performance and to spin down hard drives for power conservation.
We can use yum or dnf to install hdparm on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install hdparm.
Install hdparm 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 hdparm using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install hdparm
Install hdparm 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 hdparm using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install hdparm
How To Uninstall hdparm on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the hdparm package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove hdparm
hdparm Package Contents on Fedora 34
/sbin/hdparm
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/23
/usr/lib/.build-id/23/faffa9308ede8412e8e331402015862a87ad47
/usr/share/doc/hdparm
/usr/share/doc/hdparm/Changelog
/usr/share/doc/hdparm/README.acoustic
/usr/share/doc/hdparm/TODO
/usr/share/doc/hdparm/hdparm.lsm
/usr/share/licenses/hdparm
/usr/share/licenses/hdparm/LICENSE.TXT
/usr/share/man/man8/hdparm.8.gz
/sbin/hdparm
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec/fb43165910dc0b31de3a8c17f564fc582f2f4b
/usr/share/doc/hdparm
/usr/share/doc/hdparm/Changelog
/usr/share/doc/hdparm/README.acoustic
/usr/share/doc/hdparm/TODO
/usr/share/doc/hdparm/hdparm.lsm
/usr/share/licenses/hdparm
/usr/share/licenses/hdparm/LICENSE.TXT
/usr/share/man/man8/hdparm.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hdparm on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.