How To Install mcelog on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install mcelog on Rocky Linux 8. mcelog is Tool to translate x86-64 CPU Machine Check Exception data

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mcelog on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `mcelog`

mcelog is a utility that collects and decodes Machine Check Exception data on x86-32 and x86-64 systems.

We can use yum or dnf to install mcelog on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mcelog.

Install mcelog 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 mcelog using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mcelog

Install mcelog 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 mcelog using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mcelog

How To Uninstall mcelog on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove mcelog

mcelog Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/mcelog
/etc/mcelog/mcelog.conf
/etc/mcelog/triggers
/etc/mcelog/triggers/cache-error-trigger
/etc/mcelog/triggers/dimm-error-trigger
/etc/mcelog/triggers/page-error-trigger
/etc/mcelog/triggers/socket-memory-error-trigger
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1/889f8a903ec806f03fb89ba996943ed64a94ff
/usr/lib/systemd/system/mcelog.service
/usr/sbin/mcelog
/usr/share/man/man5/mcelog.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/mcelog.triggers.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/mcelog.8.gz

References

mcelog website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mcelog on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.