How to Install and Uninstall libfullock.x86_64 Package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

Last updated: November 28,2024

1. Install "libfullock.x86_64" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libfullock.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)


    
        
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2. Uninstall "libfullock.x86_64" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libfullock.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8):


    
        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libfullock.x86_64 package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

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Available Packages
Name : libfullock
Version : 1.0.53
Release : 1.el8.1
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 93 k
Source : libfullock-1.0.53-1.el8.1.src.rpm
Repository : epel
Summary : Fast User Level LOCK (FULLOCK) library for C/C++
URL : https://github.com/yahoojapan/fullock
License : MIT
Description : fullock is an open-source software for user level lock library sup-
: ported by Yahoo! JAPAN. It runs on user level and provides two types
: lock. One is a shared reader/writer lock which has the same function-
: ality with pthread_rwlock. Another is a shared mutex lock which also
: has the same functionality with pthread_mutex.
:
: Here is primary fullock features:
:
: 1. fullock is a thread safety library which can be used for multi-
: processing as well as for multi-threading.
:
: 2. fullock releases a mutex lock safely even if a lock owner
: process exit with 0 in which case OS doesn't release the lock.
:
: 3. fullock provides a shared reader/writer lock. A lock owner
: thread can get another lock again without deadlock.
:
: Please visit our website and get more details at:
:
: https://github.com/yahoojapan/fullock