How To Install smp_read_gpio on CentOS 8

One-liner Install Command

If you are only interested in the installation command, here is a quick answer for you:

sudo yum makecache && sudo yum -y install smp_utils

sudo dnf makecache && sudo dnf -y install smp_utils

But if you are interested in the details with step-by-step instructions, the following information will be helpful.

What is smp_read_gpio and How to Install It?

First things first, you will need access to a server or computer running CentOS 8. This guide was written specifically with a server running CentOS 8 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install smp_read_gpio on CentOS 8. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install smp_read_gpio on CentOS 8 using dnf

First, update dnf packages database with dnf by running the next command:

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating database, You can install smp_read_gpio using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install smp_utils

Install smp_read_gpio on CentOS 8 using yum

Because smp_read_gpio is available in CentOS 8’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the yum packaging system.

To begin, update local packages database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

Now can install smp_read_gpio package on your server/computer by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install smp_utils

How to upgrade (update) a single package smp_read_gpio using yum?

To update all the packages available on the system:

yum update

If you want to update a specific package like smp_read_gpio in this example you should use the following command:

yum update smp_utils

To downgrade a package to an earlier version:

yum downgrade smp_utils

How to Upgrade smp_read_gpio on CentOS 8 with dnf?

When you run the dnf update, all system packages with available updates are updated. However, if you want to upgrade a single package, then you would have to pass the package name as the argument to the dnf update command.

dnf update smp_utils

How To remove smp_read_gpio from CentOS 8

To uninstall only the smp_read_gpio package you can execute the following command:

sudo dnf remove smp_utils

Extra info and code examples

Utilities that send a Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Management Protocol (SMP) request to a SMP target. If the request fails then the error is decoded. If the request succeeds then the response is either decoded, printed out in hexadecimal or output in binary. This package supports multiple interfaces since SMP passthroughs are not mature. This package supports the Linux 2.6 series.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install smp_read_gpio using dnf and yum package managers. Also, we showed how to update manually as a single package and different ways to uninstall the smp_read_gpio from CentOS 8.

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