How To Install pmreorder on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install pmreorder on Rocky Linux 8. pmreorder is Consistency Checker for Persistent Memory

Introduction

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

What is pmreorder

The pmreorder tool is a collection of python scripts designed to parse and replay operations logged by pmemcheck - a persistent memory checking tool. Pmreorder performs the store reordering between persistent memory barriers - a sequence of flush-fence operations. It uses a consistency checking routine provided in the command line options to check whether files are in a consistent state.

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

Install pmreorder 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 pmreorder using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pmreorder

Install pmreorder 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 pmreorder using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pmreorder

How To Uninstall pmreorder on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove pmreorder

pmreorder Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/pmreorder
/usr/share/doc/pmreorder
/usr/share/doc/pmreorder/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/pmreorder/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/pmreorder/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/pmreorder
/usr/share/licenses/pmreorder/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/pmreorder.1.gz
/usr/share/pmreorder/binaryoutputhandler.py
/usr/share/pmreorder/consistencycheckwrap.py
/usr/share/pmreorder/loggingfacility.py
/usr/share/pmreorder/markerparser.py
/usr/share/pmreorder/memoryoperations.py
/usr/share/pmreorder/operationfactory.py
/usr/share/pmreorder/opscontext.py
/usr/share/pmreorder/pmreorder.py
/usr/share/pmreorder/reorderengines.py
/usr/share/pmreorder/reorderexceptions.py
/usr/share/pmreorder/statemachine.py
/usr/share/pmreorder/utils.py

References

Summary

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