How To Install sys_basher on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sys_basher on CentOS 7.
What is sys_basher
sys_basher is a multithreaded system exerciser. It tests the CPU, RAM and Disks under conditions of maximum stress by running CPU, Memory and Disk tests on all Cores simultaneously. In addition to reliablity testing, sys_basher measures low level functions including memory bandwidth, disk IO bandwidth and integer and floating point operations using unrolled loops.
We can use yum or dnf to install sys_basher on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sys_basher.
Install sys_basher on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install sys_basher using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install sys_basher
Install sys_basher 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 sys_basher using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install sys_basher
How To Uninstall sys_basher on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the sys_basher package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove sys_basher
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sys_basher on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
