How To Install libnfs-utils on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnfs-utils on Rocky Linux 8. libnfs-utils is Utilities for accessing NFS servers

Introduction

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

What is libnfs-utils

The libnfs-utils package contains simple client programs for accessing NFS servers using libnfs.

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

Install libnfs-utils 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-utils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libnfs-utils

Install libnfs-utils 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-utils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libnfs-utils

How To Uninstall libnfs-utils on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libnfs-utils

libnfs-utils Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/nfs-cat
/usr/bin/nfs-cp
/usr/bin/nfs-ls
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d/d243503a6fb95689363648fdc5e3eb3e50fc3a
/usr/lib/.build-id/af
/usr/lib/.build-id/af/d57876bf60556810da48184644546c04c7b99a
/usr/lib/.build-id/be
/usr/lib/.build-id/be/84a1a7a4ee25eaaa78c79016a08e4e0836887b
/usr/share/man/man1/nfs-cat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nfs-cp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nfs-ls.1.gz

References

Summary

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