How To Install libpmemblk-debug on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpmemblk-debug in Fedora 36. libpmemblk-debug is Debug variant of the Persistent Memory Resident Array of Blocks library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpmemblk-debug on Fedora 36.

What is `libpmemblk-debug`

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). This sub-package contains debug variant of the library, providing run-time assertions and trace points. The typical way to access the debug version is to set the environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH to /usr/lib64/pmdk_debug.

We can use yum or dnf to install libpmemblk-debug on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libpmemblk-debug.

Install libpmemblk-debug on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install libpmemblk-debug

Install libpmemblk-debug on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libpmemblk-debug using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libpmemblk-debug

How To Uninstall libpmemblk-debug on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove libpmemblk-debug

libpmemblk-debug Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/80
/usr/lib/.build-id/80/d721f9af14fc293c7c4dfbd2d85fe6caf2db2c
/usr/lib64/pmdk_debug
/usr/lib64/pmdk_debug/libpmemblk.so
/usr/lib64/pmdk_debug/libpmemblk.so.1
/usr/lib64/pmdk_debug/libpmemblk.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libpmemblk-debug
/usr/share/doc/libpmemblk-debug/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/libpmemblk-debug/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libpmemblk-debug/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libpmemblk-debug
/usr/share/licenses/libpmemblk-debug/LICENSE

References

libpmemblk-debug website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpmemblk-debug on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).