How To Install pcicrawler on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcicrawler on CentOS 8. pcicrawler is Display/filter/export information about PCI or PCI Express devices

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcicrawler on CentOS 8.

What is pcicrawler

pcicrawler is a CLI tool to display/filter/export information about PCI or PCI Express devices and their topology.

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

Install pcicrawler on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install pcicrawler using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pcicrawler

Install pcicrawler on CentOS 8 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 pcicrawler using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pcicrawler

How To Uninstall pcicrawler on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove pcicrawler

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcicrawler on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.