How To Install biosdevname on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install biosdevname on CentOS 7.
What is biosdevname
biosdevname in its simplest form takes a kernel device name as an argument, and returns the BIOS-given name it “should” be. This is necessary on systems where the BIOS name for a given device (e.g. the label on the chassis is “Gb1”) doesn’t map directly and obviously to the kernel name (e.g. eth0).
We can use yum or dnf to install biosdevname on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install biosdevname.
Install biosdevname on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install biosdevname using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install biosdevname
Install biosdevname on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install biosdevname using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install biosdevname
How To Uninstall biosdevname on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the biosdevname package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove biosdevname
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install biosdevname on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.