How To Install microcode_ctl on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install microcode_ctl
on CentOS 7.
What is microcode_ctl
The microcode_ctl utility is a companion to the microcode driver written by Tigran Aivazian tigran@aivazian.fsnet.co.uk. The microcode update is volatile and needs to be uploaded on each system boot i.e. it doesn’t reflash your cpu permanently, reboot and it reverts back to the old microcode.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install microcode_ctl
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install microcode_ctl.
Install microcode_ctl on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install microcode_ctl
using yum
by running the following command:
Install microcode_ctl 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.
After updating yum database, We can install microcode_ctl
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall microcode_ctl on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the microcode_ctl
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install microcode_ctl
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.