How To Install hsakmt on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install hsakmt on CentOS 7. hsakmt is AMD’s HSA thunk library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hsakmt on CentOS 7.

What is hsakmt

hsakmt is a thunk library for AMD’s HSA Linux kernel driver (amdkfd)

We can use yum or dnf to install hsakmt on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install hsakmt.

Install hsakmt on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install hsakmt

Install hsakmt 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.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install hsakmt

How To Uninstall hsakmt on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove hsakmt

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install hsakmt on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.