How To Install libsigsegv on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsigsegv on CentOS 7. libsigsegv is Library for handling page faults in user mode

Introduction

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

What is libsigsegv

This is a library for handling page faults in user mode. A page fault occurs when a program tries to access to a region of memory that is currently not available. Catching and handling a page fault is a useful technique for implementing - pageable virtual memory - memory-mapped access to persistent databases - generational garbage collectors - stack overflow handlers - distributed shared memory

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

Install libsigsegv on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install libsigsegv

Install libsigsegv 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 libsigsegv using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libsigsegv

How To Uninstall libsigsegv on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libsigsegv

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Summary

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