How To Install rpmemd on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpmemd in Fedora 36. rpmemd is Target node process executed by librpmem

Introduction

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

What is `rpmemd`

The rpmemd process is executed on a target node by librpmem library and facilitates access to persistent memory over RDMA.

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

Install rpmemd 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 rpmemd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rpmemd

Install rpmemd 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 rpmemd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rpmemd

How To Uninstall rpmemd on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove rpmemd

rpmemd Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/rpmemd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/53
/usr/lib/.build-id/53/c87abc191aa5f454e5e19aacdb470e1e912e75
/usr/share/man/man1/rpmemd.1.gz

References

rpmemd website

Summary

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