How To Install libpsm2 on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpsm2 on CentOS 7. libpsm2 is Intel PSM Libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpsm2 on CentOS 7.

What is libpsm2

The PSM Messaging API, or PSM API, is Intel’s low-level user-level communications interface for the Intel(R) OPA family of products. PSM users are enabled with mechanisms necessary to implement higher level communications interfaces in parallel environments.

We can use yum or dnf to install libpsm2 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libpsm2.

Install libpsm2 on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libpsm2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libpsm2

Install libpsm2 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 libpsm2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libpsm2

How To Uninstall libpsm2 on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the libpsm2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libpsm2

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpsm2 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.