How to Install and Uninstall watchdog.x86_64 Package on Oracle Linux 8

Last updated: November 27,2024

1. Install "watchdog.x86_64" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install watchdog.x86_64 on Oracle Linux 8


    
        
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "watchdog.x86_64" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall watchdog.x86_64 on Oracle Linux 8:


    
        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the watchdog.x86_64 package on Oracle Linux 8

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Available Packages
Name : watchdog
Version : 5.15
Release : 2.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 99 k
Source : watchdog-5.15-2.el8.src.rpm
Repository : ol8_baseos_latest
Summary : Software and/or Hardware watchdog daemon
URL : http://sourceforge.net/projects/watchdog/
License : GPLv2+
Description : The watchdog program can be used as a powerful software watchdog daemon
: or may be alternately used with a hardware watchdog device such as the
: IPMI hardware watchdog driver interface to a resident Baseboard
: Management Controller (BMC). watchdog periodically writes to /dev/watchdog;
: the interval between writes to /dev/watchdog is configurable through settings
: in the watchdog sysconfig file. This configuration file is also used to
: set the watchdog to be used as a hardware watchdog instead of its default
: software watchdog operation. In either case, if the device is open but not
: written to within the configured time period, the watchdog timer expiration
: will trigger a machine reboot. When operating as a software watchdog, the
: ability to reboot will depend on the state of the machine and interrupts.
: When operating as a hardware watchdog, the machine will experience a hard
: reset (or whatever action was configured to be taken upon watchdog timer
: expiration) initiated by the BMC.