Installing NDCTL and DAXCTL Packages on Linux
The ndctl and daxctl utilities are available in many Linux distribution package repositories. This approach is the easiest to use and maintain, compared with installing ndctl from source code. The daxctl utility is bundled with the ndctl packages.
1) Query the repository to confirm if the ndctl package is available:
Fedora 21 or earlier
yum search ndctlFedora 22 or later
dnf repoquery ndctl2) Install the ndctl utility
Fedora 21 or earlier
yum install ndctlFedora 22 or later
dnf install ndctlThe 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 ndctl2) Install the ndctl package
yum install ndctlThe 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 ndctlExample:
$ sudo zypper search ndctl
S | Name | Summary | Type
--+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------
| libndctl6 | Management library for "libnvdimm" subsystem devices (Non-volatile Memory) | package
| ndctl | Manage "libnvdimm" subsystem devices (Non-volatile Memory) | package2) Install the ndctl package
sudo zypper install ndctlThe 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 ndctl2) Verify if the ndctl package is currently installed and check the version
apt list --installed ndctl3) Install the ndctl package or update an installed package
sudo apt-get install ndctl1) Query available versions in configured repos:
apt policy ndctl2) Query the repository to identify if ndctl is available using either the aptitude, apt-cache, or apt utilities
apt search ndctl3) Verify if the ndctl package is currently installed and check the version
apt list --installed ndctl4) Install the ndctl package or update an installed package
sudo apt install ndctlLast updated
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