How To Install libvmem-devel on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvmem-devel on Rocky Linux 8.
What is libvmem-devel
The libvmem library turns a pool of persistent memory into a volatile memory pool, similar to the system heap but kept separate and with its own malloc-style API. This sub-package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that want to make use of libvmem.
We can use yum or dnf to install libvmem-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libvmem-devel.
Install libvmem-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 libvmem-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libvmem-devel
Install libvmem-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 libvmem-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libvmem-devel
How To Uninstall libvmem-devel on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the libvmem-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libvmem-devel
libvmem-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/include/libvmem.h
/usr/lib64/libvmem.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libvmem.pc
/usr/share/doc/libvmem-devel
/usr/share/doc/libvmem-devel/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/libvmem-devel/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libvmem-devel/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libvmem-devel
/usr/share/licenses/libvmem-devel/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man3/vmem_aligned_alloc.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/vmem_calloc.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/vmem_check.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/vmem_check_version.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/vmem_create.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/vmem_create_in_region.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/vmem_delete.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/vmem_errormsg.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/vmem_free.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/vmem_malloc.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/vmem_malloc_usable_size.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/vmem_realloc.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/vmem_set_funcs.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/vmem_stats_print.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/vmem_strdup.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/vmem_wcsdup.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/libvmem.7.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvmem-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
