Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install accel-config on CentOS 8.
What is accel-config
Utility library for configuring the accelerator subsystem. accel-config 2.8 1.el8 x86_64 63 k accel-config-2.8-1.el8.src.rpm baseos Configure accelerator subsystem devices https GPLv2 and LGPLv2 and MIT and CC0 Utility library for configuring the accelerator subsystem.
We can use yum or dnf to install accel-config on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install accel-config.
Install accel-config on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install accel-config using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install accel-config
Install accel-config on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install accel-config using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install accel-config
How To Uninstall accel-config on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the accel-config package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove accel-config
accel-config Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/accel-config/accel-config.conf.sample
/usr/bin/accel-config
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/75
/usr/lib/.build-id/75/4e676e4a28f02927e683f0a6eba75543f4bcb4
/usr/share/licenses/accel-config
/usr/share/licenses/accel-config/BSD-MIT
/usr/share/licenses/accel-config/CC0
/usr/share/licenses/accel-config/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-config-device.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-config-engine.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-config-group.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-config-wq.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-create-mdev.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-disable-device.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-disable-wq.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-enable-device.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-enable-wq.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-list.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-load-config.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-remove-mdev.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-save-config.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config.1.gz
/etc/accel-config/accel-config.conf.sample
/usr/bin/accel-config
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a/f7fcc7a961f82b42a87c1623914bd62b18a06d
/usr/share/licenses/accel-config
/usr/share/licenses/accel-config/BSD-MIT
/usr/share/licenses/accel-config/CC0
/usr/share/licenses/accel-config/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-config-device.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-config-engine.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-config-group.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-config-wq.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-create-mdev.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-disable-device.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-disable-wq.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-enable-device.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-enable-wq.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-list.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-load-config.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-remove-mdev.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config-save-config.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/accel-config.1.gz
References
- [accel-config website](https://github.com/intel/idxd-config
https://github.com/intel/idxd-config)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install accel-config on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
