How To Install cpuid on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install cpuid on Rocky Linux 8. cpuid is Dumps information about the CPU(s)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cpuid on Rocky Linux 8.

What is cpuid

cpuid dumps detailed information about x86 CPU(s) gathered from the CPUID instruction, and also determines the exact model of CPU(s). It supports Intel, AMD, and VIA CPUs, as well as older Transmeta, Cyrix, UMC, NexGen, and Rise CPUs.

We can use yum or dnf to install cpuid on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cpuid.

Install cpuid on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install cpuid

Install cpuid on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install cpuid

How To Uninstall cpuid on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove cpuid

cpuid Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/cpuid
/usr/bin/cpuinfo2cpuid
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc/67a0bb7c8c4763a538474ee1d7a270f9df4600
/usr/share/doc/cpuid
/usr/share/doc/cpuid/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/cpuid/FUTURE
/usr/share/licenses/cpuid
/usr/share/licenses/cpuid/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/cpuid.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cpuid on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.