How To Install memtester on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install memtester in Fedora 36. memtester is Utility to test for faulty memory subsystem

Introduction

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

What is memtester

memtester is a utility for testing the memory subsystem in a computer to determine if it is faulty.

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

Install memtester 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 memtester using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install memtester

Install memtester 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 memtester using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install memtester

How To Uninstall memtester on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove memtester

memtester Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/memtester
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c/cef0b04f7f8b6f8d6a5138bc1618c99015ff81
/usr/share/doc/memtester
/usr/share/doc/memtester/BUGS
/usr/share/doc/memtester/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/memtester/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/memtester/README
/usr/share/doc/memtester/README.tests
/usr/share/man/man8/memtester.8.gz

References

Summary

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