How To Install pmreorder on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pmreorder on CentOS 8.
What is pmreorder
The pmreorder tool is a collection of python scripts designed to parse and replay operations logged by pmemcheck - a persistent memory checking tool. Pmreorder performs the store reordering between persistent memory barriers - a sequence of flush-fence operations. It uses a consistency checking routine provided in the command line options to check whether files are in a consistent state.
We can use yum or dnf to install pmreorder on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pmreorder.
Install pmreorder 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 pmreorder using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pmreorder
Install pmreorder 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 pmreorder using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pmreorder
How To Uninstall pmreorder on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the pmreorder package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pmreorder
pmreorder Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/pmreorder
/usr/share/doc/pmreorder
/usr/share/doc/pmreorder/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/pmreorder/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/pmreorder/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/pmreorder
/usr/share/licenses/pmreorder/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/pmreorder.1.gz
/usr/share/pmreorder/binaryoutputhandler.py
/usr/share/pmreorder/consistencycheckwrap.py
/usr/share/pmreorder/loggingfacility.py
/usr/share/pmreorder/markerparser.py
/usr/share/pmreorder/memoryoperations.py
/usr/share/pmreorder/operationfactory.py
/usr/share/pmreorder/opscontext.py
/usr/share/pmreorder/pmreorder.py
/usr/share/pmreorder/reorderengines.py
/usr/share/pmreorder/reorderexceptions.py
/usr/share/pmreorder/statemachine.py
/usr/share/pmreorder/utils.py
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pmreorder on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.