How To Install ucx-cma on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install ucx-cma on CentOS 8. ucx-cma is UCX CMA support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ucx-cma on CentOS 8.

What is ucx-cma

Provides CMA (Linux cross-memory-attach) transport for UCX. It utilizes the system calls process_vm_readv/writev() for one-shot memory copy from another process.

We can use yum or dnf to install ucx-cma on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ucx-cma.

Install ucx-cma on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install ucx-cma using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ucx-cma

Install ucx-cma on CentOS 8 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 ucx-cma using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ucx-cma

How To Uninstall ucx-cma on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the ucx-cma package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ucx-cma

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ucx-cma on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.