How To Install tuned on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tuned on CentOS 7.
What is tuned
The tuned package contains a daemon that tunes system settings dynamically. It does so by monitoring the usage of several system components periodically. Based on that information components will then be put into lower or higher power saving modes to adapt to the current usage. Currently only ethernet network and ATA harddisk devices are implemented.
We can use yum or dnf to install tuned on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install tuned.
Install tuned on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install tuned using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install tuned
Install tuned 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 tuned using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install tuned
How To Uninstall tuned on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the tuned package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove tuned
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tuned on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
