How To Install libpfm on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpfm on AlmaLinux 8.
What is libpfm
libpfm4 is a library to help encode events for use with operating system kernels performance monitoring interfaces. The current version provides support for the perf_events interface available in upstream Linux kernels since v2.6.31.
We can use yum or dnf to install libpfm on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libpfm.
Install libpfm 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 libpfm using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libpfm
Install libpfm 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 libpfm using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libpfm
How To Uninstall libpfm on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the libpfm package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libpfm
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpfm on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.