How To Install numad on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install numad on AlmaLinux 8.
What is numad
Numad, a daemon for NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Architecture) systems, that monitors NUMA characteristics and manages placement of processes and memory to minimize memory latency and thus provide optimum performance.
We can use yum or dnf to install numad on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install numad.
Install numad on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install numad using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install numad
Install numad on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install numad using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install numad
How To Uninstall numad on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the numad package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove numad
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install numad on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
