How To Install ndctl-libs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install ndctl-libs on Rocky Linux 8. ndctl-libs is Management library for “libnvdimm” subsystem devices (Non-volatile Memory)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ndctl-libs on Rocky Linux 8.

What is ndctl-libs

Libraries for ndctl.

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

Install ndctl-libs 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 ndctl-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ndctl-libs

Install ndctl-libs 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 ndctl-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ndctl-libs

How To Uninstall ndctl-libs on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the ndctl-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ndctl-libs

ndctl-libs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f/74d820462dca25b5d7e877c339b39381f6e680
/usr/lib64/libndctl.so.6
/usr/lib64/libndctl.so.6.19.1
/usr/share/doc/ndctl-libs
/usr/share/doc/ndctl-libs/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/ndctl-libs
/usr/share/licenses/ndctl-libs/CC0-1.0
/usr/share/licenses/ndctl-libs/LGPL-2.1
/usr/share/licenses/ndctl-libs/MIT
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e/7a992530b917c9416e48936cb59259d1ca5693
/usr/lib/libndctl.so.6
/usr/lib/libndctl.so.6.19.1
/usr/share/doc/ndctl-libs
/usr/share/doc/ndctl-libs/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/ndctl-libs
/usr/share/licenses/ndctl-libs/CC0-1.0
/usr/share/licenses/ndctl-libs/LGPL-2.1
/usr/share/licenses/ndctl-libs/MIT

References

Summary

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