How To Install pmempool on CentOS 8

pmempool is Utilities for Persistent Memory

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pmempool on CentOS 8.

What is pmempool

The pmempool is a standalone utility for management and off-line analysis of Persistent Memory pools created by PMDK libraries. It provides a set of utilities for administration and diagnostics of Persistent Memory pools. The pmempool may be useful for troubleshooting by system administrators and users of the applications based on PMDK libraries.

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

Install pmempool 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 pmempool using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pmempool

Install pmempool 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 pmempool using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pmempool

How To Uninstall pmempool on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove pmempool

pmempool Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/bash_completion.d/pmempool
/usr/bin/pmempool
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/32
/usr/lib/.build-id/32/30f4859b660bb3b3fcb00c59d9ddc4ddef9f27
/usr/share/doc/pmempool
/usr/share/doc/pmempool/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/pmempool/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/pmempool/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/pmempool
/usr/share/licenses/pmempool/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/pmempool-check.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pmempool-convert.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pmempool-create.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pmempool-dump.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pmempool-feature.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pmempool-info.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pmempool-rm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pmempool-sync.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pmempool-transform.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pmempool.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pmempool on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.