How To Install libsigsegv on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsigsegv in Fedora 36. libsigsegv is Library for handling page faults in user mode

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsigsegv on Fedora 36.

What is libsigsegv

This is a library for handling page faults in user mode. A page fault occurs when a program tries to access to a region of memory that is currently not available. Catching and handling a page fault is a useful technique for implementing - pageable virtual memory - memory-mapped access to persistent databases - generational garbage collectors - stack overflow handlers - distributed shared memory

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

Install libsigsegv 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 libsigsegv using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libsigsegv

Install libsigsegv 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 libsigsegv using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libsigsegv

How To Uninstall libsigsegv on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove libsigsegv

libsigsegv Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1/5dbe1571f7058ce989e9f42f0b4edde1392abe
/usr/lib64/libsigsegv.so.2
/usr/lib64/libsigsegv.so.2.0.7
/usr/share/doc/libsigsegv
/usr/share/doc/libsigsegv/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libsigsegv/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libsigsegv/README
/usr/share/licenses/libsigsegv
/usr/share/licenses/libsigsegv/COPYING

References

Summary

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