How To Install libhugetlbfs-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhugetlbfs-devel on Rocky Linux 8. libhugetlbfs-devel is Header files for libhugetlbfs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhugetlbfs-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libhugetlbfs-devel

Contains header files for building with libhugetlbfs.

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

Install libhugetlbfs-devel 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 libhugetlbfs-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libhugetlbfs-devel

Install libhugetlbfs-devel 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 libhugetlbfs-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libhugetlbfs-devel

How To Uninstall libhugetlbfs-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libhugetlbfs-devel

libhugetlbfs-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/hugetlbfs.h
/usr/share/man/man3/free_huge_pages.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/free_hugepage_region.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/get_huge_pages.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/get_hugepage_region.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/gethugepagesize.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/gethugepagesizes.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/getpagesizes.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/hugetlbfs_find_path.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/hugetlbfs_find_path_for_size.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/hugetlbfs_test_path.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/hugetlbfs_unlinked_fd.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/hugetlbfs_unlinked_fd_for_size.3.gz

References

Summary

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