How To Install smc-tools on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install smc-tools on CentOS 8. smc-tools is Shared Memory Communication Tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install smc-tools on CentOS 8.

What is smc-tools

The Shared Memory Communication Tools (smc-tools) package enables usage of SMC sockets in Linux. The Shared Memory Communication Tools (smc-tools) package enables usage of SMC sockets in Linux.

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

Install smc-tools on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install smc-tools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install smc-tools

Install smc-tools 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 smc-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install smc-tools

How To Uninstall smc-tools on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the smc-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove smc-tools

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Summary

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