How To Install jemalloc on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install jemalloc on CentOS 7.
What is jemalloc
General-purpose scalable concurrent malloc(3) implementation. This distribution is the stand-alone “portable” implementation of jemalloc.
We can use yum or dnf to install jemalloc on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install jemalloc.
Install jemalloc on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install jemalloc using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install jemalloc
Install jemalloc on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install jemalloc using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install jemalloc
How To Uninstall jemalloc on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the jemalloc package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove jemalloc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install jemalloc on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
