How To Install sgpio on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install sgpio on Rocky Linux 8. sgpio is SGPIO captive backplane tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sgpio on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `sgpio`

Intel SGPIO enclosure management utility

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

Install sgpio 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 sgpio using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sgpio

Install sgpio 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 sgpio using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sgpio

How To Uninstall sgpio on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove sgpio

sgpio Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/60
/usr/lib/.build-id/60/8899401be323001ea5b1e83fc8e1e820ef4ba9
/usr/sbin/sgpio
/usr/share/doc/sgpio
/usr/share/doc/sgpio/README
/usr/share/man/man1/sgpio.1.gz

References

sgpio website

Summary

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