How To Install libfabric on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfabric on Rocky Linux 8. libfabric is Open Fabric Interfaces

Introduction

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

What is `libfabric`

OpenFabrics Interfaces (OFI) is a framework focused on exporting fabric communication services to applications. OFI is best described as a collection of libraries and applications used to export fabric services. The key components of OFI are services, daemons, and test applications. Libfabric is a core component of OFI. It is the library that defines and exports the user-space API of OFI, and is typically the only software that applications deal with directly. It works in conjunction with provider libraries, which are often integrated directly into libfabric.

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

Install libfabric 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 libfabric using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libfabric

Install libfabric 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 libfabric using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libfabric

How To Uninstall libfabric on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libfabric

libfabric Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/fi_info
/usr/bin/fi_pingpong
/usr/bin/fi_strerror
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e/721da7479887cff7b33474770d9d9547ca1a8e
/usr/lib/.build-id/44
/usr/lib/.build-id/44/f06dcb765d3259ccc35e13282d64461533e338
/usr/lib/.build-id/57
/usr/lib/.build-id/57/b24f10fe0c7528176828fef12766dcd7857042
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e/dcee396fb8f643394b0b7e944e27ff24017ffa
/usr/lib64/libfabric.so.1
/usr/lib64/libfabric.so.1.14.2
/usr/share/licenses/libfabric
/usr/share/licenses/libfabric/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/fi_info.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fi_pingpong.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fi_strerror.1.gz
/usr/bin/fi_info
/usr/bin/fi_pingpong
/usr/bin/fi_strerror
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e/dfa4a4ab556f8435317cb79b866dd49c89a9de
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a/41bbd88b3b37e03f2c91fd4faa1b160da188b3
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/2b69e15ebe85d6c45017557854b934cb96b005
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb/64ebe0a3f2815d77401b26fc4ffdabfa632b55
/usr/lib/libfabric.so.1
/usr/lib/libfabric.so.1.14.2
/usr/share/licenses/libfabric
/usr/share/licenses/libfabric/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/fi_info.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fi_pingpong.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fi_strerror.1.gz

References

libfabric website

Summary

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