How To Install libpmempool on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpmempool on CentOS 7. libpmempool is Persistent Memory pool management library

Introduction

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

What is libpmempool

The libpmempool library provides a set of utilities for off-line administration, analysis, diagnostics and repair of persistent memory pools created by libpmemlog, libpemblk and libpmemobj libraries.

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

Install libpmempool on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install libpmempool

Install libpmempool 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 libpmempool using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libpmempool

How To Uninstall libpmempool on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libpmempool

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Summary

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