How To Install libfabric on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfabric on CentOS 7. libfabric is User-space RDMA Fabric Interfaces

Introduction

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

What is libfabric

libfabric provides a user-space API to access high-performance fabric services, such as RDMA. libfabric provides a user-space API to access high-performance fabric services, such as RDMA.

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

Install libfabric on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install libfabric

Install libfabric 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 libfabric using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libfabric

How To Uninstall libfabric on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libfabric

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Summary

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