How To Install sdparm on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sdparm
on CentOS 7.
What is sdparm
SCSI disk parameters are held in mode pages. This utility lists or changes those parameters. Other SCSI devices (or devices that use the SCSI command set e.g. some SATA devices) such as CD/DVD and tape drives may also find parts of sdparm useful. Requires the linux kernel 2.4 series or later. In the 2.6 series any device node the understands a SCSI command set may be used (e.g. /dev/sda). In the 2.4 series SCSI device node may be used. Fetches Vital Product Data pages. Can send commands to start or stop the media and load or unload removable media. Warning settings such that the disk stops operating or is slowed down. Use with care.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install sdparm
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sdparm.
Install sdparm on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install sdparm
using yum
by running the following command:
Install sdparm 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.
After updating yum database, We can install sdparm
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall sdparm on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the sdparm
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sdparm
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.