How To Install libpmempool on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpmempool on Rocky Linux 8. libpmempool is Persistent Memory pool management library

Introduction

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

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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libpmempool.

Install libpmempool 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 libpmempool using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libpmempool

Install libpmempool 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 libpmempool using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libpmempool

How To Uninstall libpmempool on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libpmempool

libpmempool Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/03
/usr/lib/.build-id/03/436311a71c633fa5889f8b5261986c9ef2fd1a
/usr/lib64/libpmempool.so.1
/usr/lib64/libpmempool.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libpmempool
/usr/share/doc/libpmempool/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/libpmempool/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libpmempool/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libpmempool
/usr/share/licenses/libpmempool/LICENSE

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Summary

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