How To Install ibutils on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install ibutils on CentOS 7. ibutils is OpenIB Mellanox InfiniBand Diagnostic Tools

Introduction

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

What is ibutils

ibutils provides IB network and path diagnostics.

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

Install ibutils on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install ibutils

Install ibutils 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 ibutils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ibutils

How To Uninstall ibutils on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove ibutils

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Summary

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