How To Install libpmem-debug on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpmem-debug on CentOS 7. libpmem-debug is Debug variant of the low-level persistent memory library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpmem-debug on CentOS 7.

What is libpmem-debug

The libpmem provides low level persistent memory support. In particular, support for the persistent memory instructions for flushing changes to pmem is provided. This sub-package contains debug variant of the library, providing run-time assertions and trace points. The typical way to access the debug version is to set the environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH to /usr/lib64/pmdk_debug.

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

Install libpmem-debug on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libpmem-debug using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libpmem-debug

Install libpmem-debug 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 libpmem-debug using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libpmem-debug

How To Uninstall libpmem-debug on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the libpmem-debug package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libpmem-debug

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Summary

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