How To Install libblockdev-nvdimm.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libblockdev-nvdimm.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. libblockdev-nvdimm.i686 is The NVDIMM plugin for the libblockdev library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libblockdev-nvdimm.i686 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is libblockdev-nvdimm.i686

The libblockdev library plugin (and in the same time a standalone library) providing the functionality related to operations with NVDIMM devices.

We can use yum to install libblockdev-nvdimm.i686 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libblockdev-nvdimm.i686.

Install libblockdev-nvdimm.i686 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libblockdev-nvdimm.i686 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libblockdev-nvdimm.i686

How To Uninstall libblockdev-nvdimm.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the libblockdev-nvdimm.i686 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove libblockdev-nvdimm.i686

libblockdev-nvdimm.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libbd_nvdimm.so.2
/usr/lib/libbd_nvdimm.so.2.0.0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libblockdev-nvdimm.i686 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.