How To Install libpmem2-devel on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpmem2-devel in Fedora 36. libpmem2-devel is Development files for the low-level persistent memory library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpmem2-devel on Fedora 36.

What is libpmem2-devel

The libpmem provides low level persistent memory support. In particular, support for the persistent memory instructions for flushing changes to pmem is provided. This package provides the v2 API. This library is provided for software which tracks every store to pmem and needs to flush those changes to durability. Most developers will find higher level libraries like libpmemobj to be much more convenient.

We can use yum or dnf to install libpmem2-devel on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libpmem2-devel.

Install libpmem2-devel on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libpmem2-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libpmem2-devel

Install libpmem2-devel on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libpmem2-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libpmem2-devel

How To Uninstall libpmem2-devel on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the libpmem2-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libpmem2-devel

libpmem2-devel Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/include/libpmem2.h
/usr/lib64/libpmem2.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libpmem2.pc
/usr/share/doc/libpmem2-devel
/usr/share/doc/libpmem2-devel/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/libpmem2-devel/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libpmem2-devel/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libpmem2-devel
/usr/share/licenses/libpmem2-devel/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_badblock_clear.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_badblock_context_delete.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_badblock_context_new.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_badblock_next.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_config_delete.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_config_new.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_config_set_length.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_config_set_offset.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_config_set_protection.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_config_set_required_store_granularity.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_config_set_sharing.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_config_set_vm_reservation.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_deep_flush.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_errormsg.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_get_drain_fn.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_get_flush_fn.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_get_memcpy_fn.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_get_memmove_fn.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_get_memset_fn.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_get_persist_fn.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_map_delete.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_map_from_existing.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_map_get_address.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_map_get_size.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_map_get_store_granularity.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_map_new.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_perror.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_source_alignment.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_source_delete.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_source_device_id.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_source_device_usc.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_source_from_anon.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_source_from_fd.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_source_from_handle.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_source_get_fd.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_source_get_handle.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_source_numa_node.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_source_size.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_vm_reservation_delete.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_vm_reservation_extend.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_vm_reservation_get_address.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_vm_reservation_get_size.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_vm_reservation_map_find.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_vm_reservation_map_find_first.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_vm_reservation_map_find_last.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_vm_reservation_map_find_next.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_vm_reservation_map_find_prev.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_vm_reservation_new.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmem2_vm_reservation_shrink.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/libpmem2.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/libpmem2_unsafe_shutdown.7.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpmem2-devel on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).