How To Install sqm-scripts on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sqm-scripts on Rocky Linux 8.
What is sqm-scripts
“Smart Queue Management”, or “SQM” is shorthand for an integrated network system that performs better per-packet/per flow network scheduling, active queue length management (AQM), traffic shaping/rate limiting, and QoS (prioritization).
We can use yum or dnf to install sqm-scripts on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sqm-scripts.
Install sqm-scripts 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 sqm-scripts using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install sqm-scripts
Install sqm-scripts 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 sqm-scripts using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install sqm-scripts
How To Uninstall sqm-scripts on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the sqm-scripts package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove sqm-scripts
sqm-scripts Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/sqm
/etc/sqm/default.conf
/etc/sqm/sqm.conf
/usr/bin/sqm
/usr/lib/sqm
/usr/lib/sqm/defaults.sh
/usr/lib/sqm/functions.sh
/usr/lib/sqm/layer_cake.qos
/usr/lib/sqm/layer_cake.qos.help
/usr/lib/sqm/piece_of_cake.qos
/usr/lib/sqm/piece_of_cake.qos.help
/usr/lib/sqm/simple.qos
/usr/lib/sqm/simple.qos.help
/usr/lib/sqm/simplest.qos
/usr/lib/sqm/simplest.qos.help
/usr/lib/sqm/simplest_tbf.qos
/usr/lib/sqm/simplest_tbf.qos.help
/usr/lib/sqm/start-sqm
/usr/lib/sqm/stop-sqm
/usr/lib/sqm/update-available-qdiscs
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/sqm.conf
/usr/share/doc/sqm-scripts
/usr/share/doc/sqm-scripts/README.md
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sqm-scripts on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.