How To Install mdevctl on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install mdevctl in Fedora 36. mdevctl is A mediated device management utility for Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mdevctl on Fedora 36.

What is `mdevctl`

mdevctl is a utility for managing and persisting devices in the mediated device device framework of the Linux kernel. Mediated devices are sub-devices of a parent device (ex. a vGPU) which can be dynamically created and potentially used by drivers like vfio-mdev for assignment to virtual machines.

We can use yum or dnf to install mdevctl on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mdevctl.

Install mdevctl on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install mdevctl

Install mdevctl on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install mdevctl

How To Uninstall mdevctl on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove mdevctl

mdevctl Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/mdevctl.d
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/68
/usr/lib/.build-id/68/9ffe20180ab7078a4bd269dbee0ec2bb3ee464
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-mdevctl.rules
/usr/sbin/lsmdev
/usr/sbin/mdevctl
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/lsmdev
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/mdevctl
/usr/share/doc/mdevctl
/usr/share/doc/mdevctl/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/mdevctl
/usr/share/licenses/mdevctl/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/lsmdev.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/mdevctl.8.gz

References

mdevctl website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mdevctl on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).