How To Install fs_mark on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install fs_mark on Rocky Linux 8. fs_mark is Benchmark synchronous/async file creation

Introduction

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

What is fs_mark

The fs_mark program is meant to give a low level bashing to file systems. The write pattern that we concentrate on is heavily synchronous IO across mutiple directories, drives, etc.

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

Install fs_mark 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 fs_mark using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fs_mark

Install fs_mark 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 fs_mark using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fs_mark

How To Uninstall fs_mark on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove fs_mark

fs_mark Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/fs_mark
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f/ec715d8e05c57086fe98746b7ed9843481abde
/usr/share/doc/fs_mark
/usr/share/doc/fs_mark/README
/usr/share/doc/fs_mark/plot_test

References

Summary

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