How To Install seeker on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install seeker in Fedora 36. seeker is Random access disk benchmark utility

Introduction

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

What is seeker

Seeker is a simple utility that reads small pieces of data from a raw disk device in a random access pattern, and reports the average number of seeks per second, and calculated random access time of the disk. The seeker variant included in this package is the multithreaded one by Witold Baryluk.

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

Install seeker 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 seeker using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install seeker

Install seeker 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 seeker using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install seeker

How To Uninstall seeker on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove seeker

seeker Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/91
/usr/lib/.build-id/91/4083def1a71bd118ea1b0bee25bd020a6e8a02
/usr/sbin/seeker
/usr/share/doc/seeker
/usr/share/doc/seeker/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/seeker/how_fast_is_your_disk.html
/usr/share/doc/seeker/how_fast_is_your_disk_files
/usr/share/doc/seeker/how_fast_is_your_disk_files/disk_random_access_time.png
/usr/share/doc/seeker/how_fast_is_your_disk_files/disk_seeks_per_second.png
/usr/share/doc/seeker/how_fast_is_your_disk_files/disk_sequential_access.png
/usr/share/doc/seeker/how_fast_is_your_disk_files/hard_disk_drive.jpg
/usr/share/doc/seeker/how_fast_is_your_disk_files/logo.gif
/usr/share/doc/seeker/how_fast_is_your_disk_files/style.css
/usr/share/doc/seeker/how_fast_is_your_disk_files/system-menus.css

References

Summary

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