How To Install libibverbs-utils on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libibverbs-utils on CentOS 7. libibverbs-utils is Examples for the libibverbs library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libibverbs-utils on CentOS 7.

What is libibverbs-utils

Useful libibverbs example programs such as ibv_devinfo, which displays information about RDMA devices.

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

Install libibverbs-utils on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install libibverbs-utils

Install libibverbs-utils 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 libibverbs-utils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libibverbs-utils

How To Uninstall libibverbs-utils on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the libibverbs-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libibverbs-utils

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Summary

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