How To Install libnfs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnfs on Rocky Linux 8. libnfs is Client library for accessing NFS shares over a network

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnfs on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `libnfs`

The libnfs package contains a library of functions for accessing NFSv2 and NFSv3 servers from user space. It provides a low-level, asynchronous RPC library for accessing NFS protocols, an asynchronous library with POSIX-like VFS functions, and a synchronous library with POSIX-like VFS functions.

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

Install libnfs 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 libnfs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libnfs

Install libnfs 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 libnfs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libnfs

How To Uninstall libnfs on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libnfs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libnfs

libnfs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/94
/usr/lib/.build-id/94/729d67bf8bebef17baeb88b2b1b77287013cd1
/usr/lib64/libnfs.so.13
/usr/lib64/libnfs.so.13.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libnfs
/usr/share/doc/libnfs/README
/usr/share/licenses/libnfs
/usr/share/licenses/libnfs/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libnfs/LICENCE-BSD.txt
/usr/share/licenses/libnfs/LICENCE-GPL-3.txt
/usr/share/licenses/libnfs/LICENCE-LGPL-2.1.txt

References

libnfs website

Summary

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