How To Install libvmmalloc-devel on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvmmalloc-devel on CentOS 8.
What is libvmmalloc-devel
The libvmmalloc library transparently converts all the dynamic memory allocations into persistent memory allocations. This allows the use of persistent memory as volatile memory without modifying the target application. This sub-package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that want to specifically make use of libvmmalloc.
We can use yum or dnf to install libvmmalloc-devel on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libvmmalloc-devel.
Install libvmmalloc-devel on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install libvmmalloc-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libvmmalloc-devel
Install libvmmalloc-devel on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install libvmmalloc-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libvmmalloc-devel
How To Uninstall libvmmalloc-devel on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the libvmmalloc-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libvmmalloc-devel
libvmmalloc-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/include/libvmmalloc.h
/usr/lib64/libvmmalloc.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libvmmalloc.pc
/usr/share/doc/libvmmalloc-devel
/usr/share/doc/libvmmalloc-devel/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/libvmmalloc-devel/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libvmmalloc-devel/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libvmmalloc-devel
/usr/share/licenses/libvmmalloc-devel/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man7/libvmmalloc.7.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvmmalloc-devel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.