How To Install libpmemblk on Fedora 34

libpmemblk is Persistent Memory Resident Array of Blocks library

Introduction

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

What is libpmemblk

The libpmemblk implements a pmem-resident array of blocks, all the same size, where a block is updated atomically with respect to power failure or program interruption (no torn blocks).

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

Install libpmemblk 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 libpmemblk using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libpmemblk

Install libpmemblk 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 libpmemblk using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libpmemblk

How To Uninstall libpmemblk on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libpmemblk

libpmemblk Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/63
/usr/lib/.build-id/63/b0ee15e52675531c0c424ca88785a2ac4e4f6a
/usr/lib64/libpmemblk.so.1
/usr/lib64/libpmemblk.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libpmemblk
/usr/share/doc/libpmemblk/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/libpmemblk/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libpmemblk/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libpmemblk
/usr/share/licenses/libpmemblk/LICENSE

References

Summary

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