How To Install libvmem-debug on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvmem-debug on CentOS 7.
What is libvmem-debug
The libvmem library turns a pool of persistent memory into a volatile memory pool, similar to the system heap but kept separate and with its own malloc-style API. This sub-package contains debug variant of the library, providing run-time assertions and trace points. The typical way to access the debug version is to set the environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH to /usr/lib64/pmdk_debug.
We can use yum or dnf to install libvmem-debug on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libvmem-debug.
Install libvmem-debug on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libvmem-debug using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libvmem-debug
Install libvmem-debug 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 libvmem-debug using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libvmem-debug
How To Uninstall libvmem-debug on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libvmem-debug package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libvmem-debug
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvmem-debug on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
