How To Install numactl-libs on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install numactl-libs in AlmaLinux 8. numactl-libs is libnuma libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install numactl-libs on AlmaLinux 8.

What is numactl-libs

numactl-libs provides libnuma, a library to do allocations with NUMA policy in applications.

We can use yum or dnf to install numactl-libs on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install numactl-libs.

Install numactl-libs on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install numactl-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install numactl-libs

Install numactl-libs on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install numactl-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install numactl-libs

How To Uninstall numactl-libs on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the numactl-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove numactl-libs

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install numactl-libs on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.