How To Install libatomic on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libatomic on CentOS 7. libatomic is The GNU Atomic library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libatomic on CentOS 7.

What is libatomic

This package contains the GNU Atomic library which is a GCC support runtime library for atomic operations not supported by hardware. This package contains the GNU Atomic library which is a GCC support runtime library for atomic operations not supported by hardware.

We can use yum or dnf to install libatomic on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libatomic.

Install libatomic on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libatomic using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libatomic

Install libatomic 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 libatomic using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libatomic

How To Uninstall libatomic on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libatomic

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libatomic on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.