How To Install spectre-meltdown-checker on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install spectre-meltdown-checker
on AlmaLinux 8.
What is spectre-meltdown-checker
Spectre & Meltdown vulnerability/mitigation checker for Linux.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install spectre-meltdown-checker
on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install spectre-meltdown-checker.
Install spectre-meltdown-checker 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 spectre-meltdown-checker
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install spectre-meltdown-checker
Install spectre-meltdown-checker 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 spectre-meltdown-checker
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install spectre-meltdown-checker
How To Uninstall spectre-meltdown-checker on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the spectre-meltdown-checker
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove spectre-meltdown-checker
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install spectre-meltdown-checker
on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.