How To Install rtkit on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rtkit on CentOS 7.
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 CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rtkit.
Install rtkit on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install rtkit using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rtkit
Install rtkit 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.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install rtkit using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rtkit
How To Uninstall rtkit on CentOS 7
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 CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
