How To Install rtkit on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install rtkit in AlmaLinux 8. rtkit is Realtime Policy and Watchdog Daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rtkit on AlmaLinux 8.

What is rtkit

RealtimeKit is a D-Bus system service that changes the scheduling policy of user processes/threads to SCHED_RR (i.e. realtime scheduling mode) on request. It is intended to be used as a secure mechanism to allow real-time scheduling to be used by normal user processes.

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

Install rtkit 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 rtkit using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rtkit

Install rtkit 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 rtkit using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rtkit

How To Uninstall rtkit on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove rtkit

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rtkit on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.