How To Install libvmmalloc-devel on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvmmalloc-devel on Rocky Linux 8.
What is libvmmalloc-devel
The libvmmalloc library transparently converts all the dynamic memory allocations into persistent memory allocations. This allows the use of persistent memory as volatile memory without modifying the target application. This sub-package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that want to specifically make use of libvmmalloc.
We can use yum or dnf to install libvmmalloc-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libvmmalloc-devel.
Install libvmmalloc-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 libvmmalloc-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libvmmalloc-devel
Install libvmmalloc-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 libvmmalloc-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libvmmalloc-devel
How To Uninstall libvmmalloc-devel on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the libvmmalloc-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libvmmalloc-devel
libvmmalloc-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/include/libvmmalloc.h
/usr/lib64/libvmmalloc.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libvmmalloc.pc
/usr/share/doc/libvmmalloc-devel
/usr/share/doc/libvmmalloc-devel/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/libvmmalloc-devel/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libvmmalloc-devel/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libvmmalloc-devel
/usr/share/licenses/libvmmalloc-devel/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man7/libvmmalloc.7.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvmmalloc-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
