How To Install libpmemlog on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpmemlog on Rocky Linux 8. libpmemlog is Persistent Memory Resident Log File library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpmemlog on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libpmemlog

The libpmemlog library provides a pmem-resident log file. This is useful for programs like databases that append frequently to a log file.

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

Install libpmemlog 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 libpmemlog using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libpmemlog

Install libpmemlog 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 libpmemlog using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libpmemlog

How To Uninstall libpmemlog on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libpmemlog package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libpmemlog

libpmemlog Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/96
/usr/lib/.build-id/96/370e43899fb95d5cc25b230aa0374c0c9b902f
/usr/lib64/libpmemlog.so.1
/usr/lib64/libpmemlog.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libpmemlog
/usr/share/doc/libpmemlog/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/libpmemlog/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libpmemlog/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libpmemlog
/usr/share/licenses/libpmemlog/LICENSE

References

Summary

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