How To Install libvmem on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvmem on Rocky Linux 8. libvmem is Volatile Memory allocation library

Introduction

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

What is libvmem

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.

We can use yum or dnf to install libvmem on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libvmem.

Install libvmem 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 libvmem using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libvmem

Install libvmem 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 libvmem using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libvmem

How To Uninstall libvmem on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libvmem

libvmem Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1/69959244d180e80617bedd560ac020d36daa27
/usr/lib64/libvmem.so.1
/usr/lib64/libvmem.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libvmem
/usr/share/doc/libvmem/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/libvmem/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libvmem/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libvmem
/usr/share/licenses/libvmem/LICENSE

References

Summary

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