How to Install and Uninstall libpfm.x86_64 Package on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "libpfm.x86_64" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libpfm.x86_64 on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8


    
        
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libpfm.x86_64" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libpfm.x86_64 on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8:


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libpfm.x86_64 package on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8

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Available Packages
Name : libpfm
Version : 4.10.1
Release : 3.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 298 k
Source : libpfm-4.10.1-3.el8.src.rpm
Repository : appstream
Summary : Library to encode performance events for use by perf tool
URL : http://perfmon2.sourceforge.net/
License : MIT
Description :
: libpfm4 is a library to help encode events for use with operating system
: kernels performance monitoring interfaces. The current version provides support
: for the perf_events interface available in upstream Linux kernels since v2.6.31.