How To Install libpmem on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpmem on Rocky Linux 8. libpmem is Low-level persistent memory support library

Introduction

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

What is libpmem

The libpmem provides low level persistent memory support. In particular, support for the persistent memory instructions for flushing changes to pmem is provided.

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

Install libpmem 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 libpmem using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libpmem

Install libpmem 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 libpmem using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libpmem

How To Uninstall libpmem on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libpmem

libpmem Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d/d64e9da4b533a56173f176bccaa93fa042be4c
/usr/lib64/libpmem.so.1
/usr/lib64/libpmem.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libpmem
/usr/share/doc/libpmem/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/libpmem/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libpmem/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libpmem
/usr/share/licenses/libpmem/LICENSE
/usr/share/pmdk
/usr/share/pmdk/pmdk.magic

References

Summary

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