How To Install libsigsegv on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsigsegv on Rocky Linux 8. libsigsegv is Library for handling page faults in user mode

Introduction

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

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

Install libsigsegv 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 libsigsegv using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libsigsegv

Install libsigsegv 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 libsigsegv using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libsigsegv

How To Uninstall libsigsegv on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libsigsegv

libsigsegv Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a/006a49b57e00e474a0d45cbc4ae7d838490bca
/usr/lib64/libsigsegv.so.2
/usr/lib64/libsigsegv.so.2.0.4
/usr/share/doc/libsigsegv
/usr/share/doc/libsigsegv/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libsigsegv/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libsigsegv/README
/usr/share/licenses/libsigsegv
/usr/share/licenses/libsigsegv/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/74
/usr/lib/.build-id/74/016477fdf1f62f21f550c5c5399e10120b935a
/usr/lib/libsigsegv.so.2
/usr/lib/libsigsegv.so.2.0.4
/usr/share/doc/libsigsegv
/usr/share/doc/libsigsegv/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libsigsegv/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libsigsegv/README
/usr/share/licenses/libsigsegv
/usr/share/licenses/libsigsegv/COPYING

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Summary

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