How to Install and Uninstall libhugetlbfs.x86_64 Package on Oracle Linux 8

Last updated: November 25,2024

1. Install "libhugetlbfs.x86_64" package

This is a short guide on how to install libhugetlbfs.x86_64 on Oracle Linux 8


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libhugetlbfs.x86_64 on Oracle Linux 8:


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libhugetlbfs.x86_64 package on Oracle Linux 8

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Available Packages
Name : libhugetlbfs
Version : 2.21
Release : 17.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 89 k
Source : libhugetlbfs-2.21-17.el8.src.rpm
Repository : ol8_baseos_latest
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.