How To Install ndctl-libs.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install ndctl-libs.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. ndctl-libs.x86_64 is Management library for “libnvdimm” subsystem devices (Non-volatile

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ndctl-libs.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `ndctl-libs.x86_64`

Libraries for ndctl.

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

Install ndctl-libs.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 ndctl-libs.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ndctl-libs.x86_64

How To Uninstall ndctl-libs.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the ndctl-libs.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove ndctl-libs.x86_64

ndctl-libs.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libndctl.so.6
/usr/lib64/libndctl.so.6.13.0
/usr/share/doc/ndctl-libs-64.1
/usr/share/doc/ndctl-libs-64.1/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/ndctl-libs-64.1
/usr/share/licenses/ndctl-libs-64.1/BSD-MIT
/usr/share/licenses/ndctl-libs-64.1/CC0
/usr/share/licenses/ndctl-libs-64.1/COPYING

References

ndctl-libs.x86_64 website

Summary

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