How To Install libhugetlbfs-utils on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhugetlbfs-utils on AlmaLinux 8.
What is libhugetlbfs-utils
This packages contains a number of utilities that will help administrate the use of huge pages on your system. hugeedit modifies binaries to set default segment remapping behavior. hugectl sets environment variables for using huge pages and then execs the target program. hugeadm gives easy access to huge page pool size control. pagesize lists page sizes available on the machine.
We can use yum or dnf to install libhugetlbfs-utils on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libhugetlbfs-utils.
Install libhugetlbfs-utils on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install libhugetlbfs-utils using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libhugetlbfs-utils
Install libhugetlbfs-utils on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install libhugetlbfs-utils using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libhugetlbfs-utils
How To Uninstall libhugetlbfs-utils on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the libhugetlbfs-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libhugetlbfs-utils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhugetlbfs-utils on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
