How To Install librpmem-debug on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install librpmem-debug on Rocky Linux 8. librpmem-debug is Debug variant of the Remote Access to Persistent Memory library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librpmem-debug on Rocky Linux 8.

What is librpmem-debug

The librpmem library provides low-level support for remote access to persistent memory utilizing RDMA-capable NICs. It can be used to replicate persistent memory regions over RDMA protocol. This sub-package contains debug variant of the library, providing run-time assertions and trace points. The typical way to access the debug version is to set the environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH to /usr/lib64/pmdk_debug.

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

Install librpmem-debug 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 librpmem-debug using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install librpmem-debug

Install librpmem-debug 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 librpmem-debug using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install librpmem-debug

How To Uninstall librpmem-debug on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the librpmem-debug package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove librpmem-debug

librpmem-debug Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/02
/usr/lib/.build-id/02/d21b68a674fe3444fe28fb6d2d03a98d3fcf41
/usr/lib64/pmdk_debug
/usr/lib64/pmdk_debug/librpmem.so
/usr/lib64/pmdk_debug/librpmem.so.1
/usr/lib64/pmdk_debug/librpmem.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/librpmem-debug
/usr/share/doc/librpmem-debug/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/librpmem-debug/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/librpmem-debug/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/librpmem-debug
/usr/share/licenses/librpmem-debug/LICENSE

References

Summary

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