How To Install msr-tools on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install msr-tools in Fedora 36. msr-tools is Collection of tools for reading/writing CPU model specific registers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install msr-tools on Fedora 36.

What is `msr-tools`

This is a small collection of tools to allow reading and writing of CPU model specific registers

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

Install msr-tools 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 msr-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install msr-tools

Install msr-tools 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 msr-tools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install msr-tools

How To Uninstall msr-tools on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the msr-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove msr-tools

msr-tools Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/58
/usr/lib/.build-id/58/b54dd28edbfd315668daf38a6947c3cab1c19c
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e/293372583e7d60d8efc1880bcf833fdc60db48
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7/52d26fdae82870e2f2435ccd222c8fdb075237
/usr/sbin/msr-cpuid
/usr/sbin/rdmsr
/usr/sbin/wrmsr

References

msr-tools website

Summary

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