How To Install glibc-benchtests on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install glibc-benchtests on CentOS 8. glibc-benchtests is Benchmarking binaries and scripts for glibc

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install glibc-benchtests on CentOS 8.

What is glibc-benchtests

This package provides built benchmark binaries and scripts to run microbenchmark tests on the system.

We can use yum or dnf to install glibc-benchtests on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install glibc-benchtests.

Install glibc-benchtests on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install glibc-benchtests using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install glibc-benchtests

Install glibc-benchtests on CentOS 8 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 glibc-benchtests using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install glibc-benchtests

How To Uninstall glibc-benchtests on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the glibc-benchtests package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove glibc-benchtests

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install glibc-benchtests on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.