How To Install daxctl-libs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install daxctl-libs on Rocky Linux 8. daxctl-libs is Management library for “Device DAX” devices

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install daxctl-libs on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `daxctl-libs`

Device DAX is a facility for establishing DAX mappings of performance / feature-differentiated memory. daxctl-libs provides an enumeration / control API for these devices.

We can use yum or dnf to install daxctl-libs on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install daxctl-libs.

Install daxctl-libs on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install daxctl-libs

Install daxctl-libs on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install daxctl-libs

How To Uninstall daxctl-libs on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the daxctl-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove daxctl-libs

daxctl-libs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/76
/usr/lib/.build-id/76/8cc3996590e0c3189932441e8a08cf75d0dcd5
/usr/lib/libdaxctl.so.1
/usr/lib/libdaxctl.so.1.5.0
/usr/share/doc/daxctl-libs
/usr/share/doc/daxctl-libs/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/daxctl-libs
/usr/share/licenses/daxctl-libs/CC0-1.0
/usr/share/licenses/daxctl-libs/LGPL-2.1
/usr/share/licenses/daxctl-libs/MIT
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9/95d8e8c31c5b5bed029247b07a96c75972da58
/usr/lib64/libdaxctl.so.1
/usr/lib64/libdaxctl.so.1.5.0
/usr/share/doc/daxctl-libs
/usr/share/doc/daxctl-libs/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/daxctl-libs
/usr/share/licenses/daxctl-libs/CC0-1.0
/usr/share/licenses/daxctl-libs/LGPL-2.1
/usr/share/licenses/daxctl-libs/MIT

References

daxctl-libs website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install daxctl-libs on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.