How To Install libpmemblk-devel on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpmemblk-devel in Fedora 36. libpmemblk-devel is Development files for the Persistent Memory Resident Array of Blocks library

Introduction

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

What is libpmemblk-devel

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). For example, a program keeping a cache of fixed-size objects in pmem might find this library useful. This library is provided for cases requiring large arrays of objects at least 512 bytes each. Most developers will find higher level libraries like libpmemobj to be more generally useful.

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

Install libpmemblk-devel 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-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libpmemblk-devel

Install libpmemblk-devel 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-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libpmemblk-devel

How To Uninstall libpmemblk-devel on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove libpmemblk-devel

libpmemblk-devel Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/include/libpmemblk.h
/usr/lib64/libpmemblk.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libpmemblk.pc
/usr/share/doc/libpmemblk-devel
/usr/share/doc/libpmemblk-devel/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/libpmemblk-devel/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libpmemblk-devel/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libpmemblk-devel
/usr/share/licenses/libpmemblk-devel/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man3/pmemblk_bsize.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmemblk_check.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmemblk_check_version.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmemblk_close.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmemblk_create.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmemblk_ctl_exec.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmemblk_ctl_get.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmemblk_ctl_set.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmemblk_errormsg.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmemblk_nblock.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmemblk_open.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmemblk_read.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmemblk_set_error.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmemblk_set_funcs.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmemblk_set_zero.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/pmemblk_write.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/poolset.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/libpmemblk.7.gz

References

Summary

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