How To Install daxctl-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install daxctl-devel on Rocky Linux 8. daxctl-devel is Development files for libdaxctl

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install daxctl-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is daxctl-devel

The ndctl-devel package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use ndctl, a library for enumerating “Device DAX” devices. Device DAX is a facility for establishing DAX mappings of performance / feature-differentiated memory.

We can use yum or dnf to install daxctl-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install daxctl-devel.

Install daxctl-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install daxctl-devel

Install daxctl-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install daxctl-devel

How To Uninstall daxctl-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove daxctl-devel

daxctl-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/daxctl
/usr/include/daxctl/libdaxctl.h
/usr/lib/libdaxctl.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libdaxctl.pc
/usr/share/licenses/daxctl-devel
/usr/share/licenses/daxctl-devel/LGPL-2.1
/usr/include/daxctl
/usr/include/daxctl/libdaxctl.h
/usr/lib64/libdaxctl.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libdaxctl.pc
/usr/share/licenses/daxctl-devel
/usr/share/licenses/daxctl-devel/LGPL-2.1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install daxctl-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.