How To Install opa-fm on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install opa-fm on Rocky Linux 8. opa-fm is Intel Omni-Path Fabric Management Software

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install opa-fm on Rocky Linux 8.

What is opa-fm

opa-fm contains Intel Omni-Path fabric management applications. This includes Fabric Executive, and some fabric management tools.

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

Install opa-fm 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 opa-fm using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install opa-fm

Install opa-fm 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 opa-fm using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install opa-fm

How To Uninstall opa-fm on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the opa-fm package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove opa-fm

opa-fm Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/opa-fm
/etc/opa-fm/dgs
/etc/opa-fm/opafm.xml
/etc/opa-fm/opafm_pp.xml
/etc/opa-fm/vfs
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/23
/usr/lib/.build-id/23/0b5b62b24dfcf0ce7bfdd803f63c4771af0f05
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c/be986c145823c0c22f70f05e3ec53642c2f9cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/57
/usr/lib/.build-id/57/817dd79219f0cdae7991bf3276d35c8b803852
/usr/lib/.build-id/63
/usr/lib/.build-id/63/db97e1123162ca63d323af4fcaf4ec7b7ed334
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e/289cf8619bc20e1fc64deea3c32e0570d74e3a
/usr/lib/.build-id/96
/usr/lib/.build-id/96/d300070b7772c17bd7dc6e250984349de17b5c
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4/363060e87fe007b3c642544e261130495c6dbd
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3/c3727e5f3928fe6a93c81cb495a5eac9819f3c
/usr/lib/.build-id/be
/usr/lib/.build-id/be/536706b2657bc3559e54d07307b493fd6f3165
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8/96a79d69950d223b9066131dfd2cf282e69fbf
/usr/lib/opa-fm/bin/config_check
/usr/lib/opa-fm/bin/config_convert
/usr/lib/opa-fm/bin/config_diff
/usr/lib/opa-fm/bin/config_generate
/usr/lib/opa-fm/bin/fm_capture
/usr/lib/opa-fm/bin/fm_cmd
/usr/lib/opa-fm/bin/fm_cmdall
/usr/lib/opa-fm/bin/opafm
/usr/lib/opa-fm/bin/opafmconfigpp
/usr/lib/opa-fm/bin/opafmctrl
/usr/lib/opa-fm/bin/opafmd
/usr/lib/opa-fm/bin/opafmvf
/usr/lib/opa-fm/bin/opafmxmlextract
/usr/lib/opa-fm/bin/opafmxmlfilter
/usr/lib/opa-fm/bin/smpoolsize
/usr/lib/opa-fm/runtime/fe
/usr/lib/opa-fm/runtime/sm
/usr/lib/systemd/system/opafm.service
/usr/sbin/opafmcmd
/usr/sbin/opafmcmdall
/usr/sbin/opafmconfigpp
/usr/sbin/opafmvf
/usr/share/doc/opa-fm
/usr/share/doc/opa-fm/README
/usr/share/man/man8/opafmcmd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/opafmcmdall.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/opafmconfigpp.8.gz
/usr/share/opa-fm/opafm.xml
/usr/share/opa-fm/opafm_pp.xml
/usr/share/opa-fm/opafm_src.xml
/usr/share/opa-fm/samples
/usr/share/opa-fm/samples/opa_ca_openssl.cnf-sample
/usr/share/opa-fm/samples/opa_comp_openssl.cnf-sample

References

Summary

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