How To Install pmempool on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install pmempool on Rocky Linux 8. pmempool is Utilities for Persistent Memory

Introduction

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

What is pmempool

The pmempool is a standalone utility for management and off-line analysis of Persistent Memory pools created by PMDK libraries. It provides a set of utilities for administration and diagnostics of Persistent Memory pools. The pmempool may be useful for troubleshooting by system administrators and users of the applications based on PMDK libraries.

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

Install pmempool 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 pmempool using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pmempool

Install pmempool 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 pmempool using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pmempool

How To Uninstall pmempool on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove pmempool

pmempool Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/bash_completion.d/pmempool
/usr/bin/pmempool
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f/c4c8672f2552f78f56142408758ce02268db9a
/usr/share/doc/pmempool
/usr/share/doc/pmempool/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/pmempool/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/pmempool/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/pmempool
/usr/share/licenses/pmempool/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/pmempool-check.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pmempool-convert.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pmempool-create.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pmempool-dump.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pmempool-feature.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pmempool-info.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pmempool-rm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pmempool-sync.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pmempool-transform.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pmempool.1.gz

References

Summary

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