How to Install and Uninstall libhugetlbfs.x86_64 Package on Amazon Linux 2

Last updated: October 05,2024

1. Install "libhugetlbfs.x86_64" package

Please follow the steps below to install libhugetlbfs.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2


    
        
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                sudo yum install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libhugetlbfs.x86_64" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libhugetlbfs.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2:


    
        
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                sudo yum remove 
            
                        
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                sudo yum autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libhugetlbfs.x86_64 package on Amazon Linux 2

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Available Packages
Name : libhugetlbfs
Arch : x86_64
Version : 2.20
Release : 5.amzn2
Size : 75 k
Repo : amzn2-core/2/x86_64
Summary : A library which provides easy access to huge pages of memory
URL : https://github.com/libhugetlbfs/libhugetlbfs
License : LGPLv2+
Description : libhugetlbfs is a library which provides easy access to huge pages
: of memory. It is a wrapper for the hugetlbfs file system.
: Applications can use huge pages to fulfill malloc() requests
: without being recompiled by using LD_PRELOAD. Alternatively,
: applications can be linked against libhugetlbfs without source
: modifications to load BSS or BSS, data, and text segments into
: large pages.