How To Install dpdk-tools on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dpdk-tools on Rocky Linux 8.
What is dpdk-tools
Tools for setting up Data Plane Development Kit environment
We can use yum or dnf to install dpdk-tools on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dpdk-tools.
Install dpdk-tools 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 dpdk-tools using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install dpdk-tools
Install dpdk-tools 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 dpdk-tools using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install dpdk-tools
How To Uninstall dpdk-tools on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the dpdk-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove dpdk-tools
dpdk-tools Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/bin/dpdk-devbind.py
/usr/bin/dpdk-hugepages.py
/usr/bin/dpdk-pmdinfo.py
/usr/bin/dpdk-telemetry.py
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dpdk-tools on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.