How To Install pmdk-convert on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install pmdk-convert on Rocky Linux 8. pmdk-convert is Conversion tool for PMDK pools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pmdk-convert on Rocky Linux 8.

What is pmdk-convert

pmdk-convert is a tool for conversion of PMDK pools from any version to any consecutive version. Currently only libpmemobj pools require conversion and this tool supports only those kind of pools.

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

Install pmdk-convert 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 pmdk-convert using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pmdk-convert

Install pmdk-convert 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 pmdk-convert using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pmdk-convert

How To Uninstall pmdk-convert on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the pmdk-convert package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pmdk-convert

pmdk-convert Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/pmdk-convert
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/98
/usr/lib/.build-id/98/8dc1f5908dd2fbacc5a91baf067784b859fce1
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4/5ba9503d45f60345c6c311c549edaea88ca1d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7/86383d03ea831f01b60abd63f017d9e9c56728
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9/b8f7ffb2e266d2ee1699ea45cc5b1067ac81ae
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab/c2cd9eff4b19fe27262a678440c1a4260f1f29
/usr/lib/.build-id/be
/usr/lib/.build-id/be/a0963a912ebb844dd998644f6a2468611e565c
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9/4e159a07e46d2e8e0ea690b2933b5a33cc5611
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1/9d0e4f29f076bcba6f71d8cf94ed5d3e0ebe56
/usr/lib64/pmdk-convert
/usr/lib64/pmdk-convert/libpmem-convert.so
/usr/lib64/pmdk-convert/pmemobj_convert_v1.so
/usr/lib64/pmdk-convert/pmemobj_convert_v2.so
/usr/lib64/pmdk-convert/pmemobj_convert_v3.so
/usr/lib64/pmdk-convert/pmemobj_convert_v4.so
/usr/lib64/pmdk-convert/pmemobj_convert_v5.so
/usr/lib64/pmdk-convert/pmemobj_convert_v6.so
/usr/share/doc/pmdk-convert
/usr/share/doc/pmdk-convert/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/pmdk-convert/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/pmdk-convert
/usr/share/licenses/pmdk-convert/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/pmdk-convert.1.gz

References

Summary

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