How To Install sysfsutils on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install sysfsutils on Rocky Linux 8. sysfsutils is Utilities for interfacing with sysfs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sysfsutils on Rocky Linux 8.

What is sysfsutils

This package’s purpose is to provide a set of utilities for interfacing with sysfs.

We can use yum or dnf to install sysfsutils on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sysfsutils.

Install sysfsutils 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 sysfsutils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sysfsutils

Install sysfsutils 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 sysfsutils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sysfsutils

How To Uninstall sysfsutils on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the sysfsutils package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove sysfsutils

sysfsutils Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/get_module
/usr/bin/systool
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d/e47542883676256964db20dd24da4d291f879f
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5/a8726c13f0ad83732d8cb7170b3ac395df513c
/usr/share/doc/sysfsutils
/usr/share/doc/sysfsutils/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/sysfsutils/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/sysfsutils/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/sysfsutils/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/sysfsutils/GPL
/usr/share/doc/sysfsutils/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/sysfsutils/README
/usr/share/doc/sysfsutils/libsysfs.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/systool.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sysfsutils on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.