How To Install hw-probe on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hw-probe on Rocky Linux 8.
What is hw-probe
A tool to check operability of computer hardware and upload result to the Linux hardware database. Probe is a snapshot of your computer hardware state and system logs. The tool checks operability of devices by analysis of logs and returns a permanent url to view the probe of the computer. The tool is intended to simplify collecting of logs necessary for investigating hardware related problems. Just run one simple command in the console to check your hardware and collect all the system logs at once sudo -E hw-probe -all -upload By creating probes you contribute to the HDD/SSD Real-Life Reliability Test study
We can use yum or dnf to install hw-probe on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install hw-probe.
Install hw-probe 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 hw-probe using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install hw-probe
Install hw-probe 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 hw-probe using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install hw-probe
How To Uninstall hw-probe on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the hw-probe package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove hw-probe
hw-probe Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/bin/hw-probe
/usr/share/doc/hw-probe
/usr/share/doc/hw-probe/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/hw-probe
/usr/share/licenses/hw-probe/LICENSE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hw-probe on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.