How To Install libvmmalloc-debug on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvmmalloc-debug on CentOS 7.
What is libvmmalloc-debug
The libvmmalloc library transparently converts all the dynamic memory allocations into persistent memory allocations. This allows the use of persistent memory as volatile memory without modifying the target application. 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 libvmmalloc-debug on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libvmmalloc-debug.
Install libvmmalloc-debug on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install libvmmalloc-debug using yum by running the following command:
Install libvmmalloc-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.
After updating yum database, We can install libvmmalloc-debug using dnf by running the following command:
How To Uninstall libvmmalloc-debug on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libvmmalloc-debug package we can use the following command:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvmmalloc-debug on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.