How To Install libatomic_ops on Fedora 34

libatomic_ops is Atomic memory update operations Atomic memory update operations

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libatomic_ops on Fedora 34.

What is `libatomic_ops`

Provides implementations for atomic memory update operations on a number of architectures. This allows direct use of these in reasonably portable code. Unlike earlier similar packages, this one explicitly considers memory barrier semantics, and allows the construction of code that involves minimum overhead across a variety of architectures. libatomic_ops 7.6.10 6.fc34 x86_64 35 k libatomic_ops-7.6.10-6.fc34.src.rpm fedora Atomic memory update operations https GPLv2 and MIT Provides implementations for atomic memory update operations on a number of architectures. This allows direct use of these in reasonably portable code. Unlike earlier similar packages, this one explicitly considers memory barrier semantics, and allows the construction of code that involves minimum overhead across a variety of architectures.

We can use yum or dnf to install libatomic_ops on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libatomic_ops.

Install libatomic_ops on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install libatomic_ops using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libatomic_ops

Install libatomic_ops on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install libatomic_ops using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libatomic_ops

How To Uninstall libatomic_ops on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libatomic_ops

libatomic_ops Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e/e3b680d10f3f5ab062b11b22b6970a3599247f
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b/5b494d62ae1c60594b1b1839871e4aa5fef92f
/usr/lib/libatomic_ops.so.1
/usr/lib/libatomic_ops.so.1.1.1
/usr/lib/libatomic_ops_gpl.so.1
/usr/lib/libatomic_ops_gpl.so.1.1.2
/usr/share/doc/libatomic_ops
/usr/share/doc/libatomic_ops/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libatomic_ops/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libatomic_ops/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libatomic_ops
/usr/share/licenses/libatomic_ops/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libatomic_ops/LICENSING.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/76
/usr/lib/.build-id/76/465e2064810623db3facbbc061847a62835bbc
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b/3d51b27df70c9192eb015d8187443e128bf304
/usr/lib64/libatomic_ops.so.1
/usr/lib64/libatomic_ops.so.1.1.1
/usr/lib64/libatomic_ops_gpl.so.1
/usr/lib64/libatomic_ops_gpl.so.1.1.2
/usr/share/doc/libatomic_ops
/usr/share/doc/libatomic_ops/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libatomic_ops/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libatomic_ops/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libatomic_ops
/usr/share/licenses/libatomic_ops/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libatomic_ops/LICENSING.txt

References

[libatomic_ops website](https://github.com/ivmai/libatomic_ops/ https://github.com/ivmai/libatomic_ops/)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libatomic_ops on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.