How To Install zswap-cli on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install zswap-cli on CentOS 8. zswap-cli is Command-line tool to control zswap options

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install zswap-cli on CentOS 8.

What is zswap-cli

ZSwap-cli is a command-line tool to control zswap options.

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

Install zswap-cli on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install zswap-cli

Install zswap-cli 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 zswap-cli using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install zswap-cli

How To Uninstall zswap-cli on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the zswap-cli package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove zswap-cli

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Summary

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