How To Install hdparm on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hdparm
on CentOS 7.
What is hdparm
Hdparm is a useful system utility for setting (E)IDE hard drive parameters. For example, hdparm can be used to tweak hard drive performance and to spin down hard drives for power conservation.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install hdparm
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install hdparm.
Install hdparm on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install hdparm
using yum
by running the following command:
Install hdparm 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.
After updating yum database, We can install hdparm
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall hdparm on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the hdparm
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hdparm
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.