How To Install librpmem-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install librpmem-devel.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. librpmem-devel.x86_64 is Development files for the Remote Access to Persistent Memory

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librpmem-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is librpmem-devel.x86_64

The librpmem library provides low-level support for remote access to persistent memory utilizing RDMA-capable NICs. It can be used to replicate peristent memory regions over RDMA protocol. This sub-package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that want to specifically make use of librpmem.

We can use yum to install librpmem-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install librpmem-devel.x86_64.

Install librpmem-devel.x86_64 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 librpmem-devel.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install librpmem-devel.x86_64

How To Uninstall librpmem-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the librpmem-devel.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove librpmem-devel.x86_64

librpmem-devel.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/include/librpmem.h
/usr/lib64/librpmem.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/librpmem.pc
/usr/share/doc/librpmem-devel-1.3
/usr/share/doc/librpmem-devel-1.3/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/librpmem-devel-1.3/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/librpmem-devel-1.3/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/librpmem-devel-1.3
/usr/share/licenses/librpmem-devel-1.3/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man3/librpmem.3.gz

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librpmem-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.