Installing NDCTL and DAXCTL Packages on Linux

The ndctl package is available on CentOS, RHEL, RHEL for SAP HANA 7.0 or later.

1) Query the repository to identify if the ndctl package is available:

yum search ndctl

2) Install the ndctl package

yum install ndctl

The ndctl package is available for OpenSUSE, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), and SLES for SAP HANA v12.4 or later.

1) Query the repository to identify if ndctl is delivered:

sudo zypper search ndctl

Example:

$ sudo zypper search ndctl
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S | Name      | Summary                                                                    | Type   
--+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------
  | libndctl6 | Management library for "libnvdimm" subsystem devices (Non-volatile Memory) | package
  | ndctl     | Manage "libnvdimm" subsystem devices (Non-volatile Memory)                 | package

2) Install the ndctl package

sudo zypper install ndctl

The ndctl package is available on Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish) or later.

1) Query the repository to identify if the ndctl package is available using either the aptitude, apt-cache, or apt utilities

aptitude search ndctl 
apt-cache search ndctl 
apt search ndctl

2) Verify if the ndctl package is currently installed and check the version

apt list --installed ndctl

3) Install the ndctl package or update an installed package

sudo apt-get install ndctl

1) Query available versions in configured repos:

apt policy ndctl

2) Query the repository to identify if ndctl is available using either the aptitude, apt-cache, or apt utilities

apt search ndctl

3) Verify if the ndctl package is currently installed and check the version

apt list --installed ndctl

4) Install the ndctl package or update an installed package

sudo apt install ndctl