How To Install jemalloc on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install jemalloc on Rocky Linux 8. jemalloc is General-purpose scalable concurrent malloc implementation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install jemalloc on Rocky Linux 8.

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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install jemalloc.

Install jemalloc 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 jemalloc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install jemalloc

Install jemalloc 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 jemalloc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install jemalloc

How To Uninstall jemalloc on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove jemalloc

jemalloc Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/jemalloc.sh
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/16
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/0e34e6e44392d63f4532d5c21f3285f4f011d9
/usr/lib64/libjemalloc.so.2
/usr/share/doc/jemalloc
/usr/share/doc/jemalloc/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/jemalloc/README
/usr/share/doc/jemalloc/VERSION
/usr/share/doc/jemalloc/jemalloc.html

References

Summary

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