How To Install libipmctl on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libipmctl on CentOS 7. libipmctl is Library for Intel DCPMM management

Introduction

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

What is libipmctl

An Application Programming Interface (API) library for managing Intel Optane DC persistent memory modules.

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

Install libipmctl on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install libipmctl

Install libipmctl 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 libipmctl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libipmctl

How To Uninstall libipmctl on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libipmctl

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Summary

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