How To Install spectre-meltdown-checker on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install spectre-meltdown-checker on CentOS 7. spectre-meltdown-checker is Spectre & Meltdown vulnerability/mitigation checker for Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install spectre-meltdown-checker on CentOS 7.

What is spectre-meltdown-checker

Spectre & Meltdown vulnerability/mitigation checker for Linux.

We can use yum or dnf to install spectre-meltdown-checker on CentOS 7. 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 CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install spectre-meltdown-checker using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install spectre-meltdown-checker

Install spectre-meltdown-checker 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 spectre-meltdown-checker using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install spectre-meltdown-checker

How To Uninstall spectre-meltdown-checker on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the spectre-meltdown-checker package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove spectre-meltdown-checker

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install spectre-meltdown-checker on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.