How To Install librbd-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install librbd-devel on Rocky Linux 8. librbd-devel is RADOS block device headers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librbd-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is librbd-devel

This package contains libraries and headers needed to develop programs that use RADOS block device.

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

Install librbd-devel 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 librbd-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install librbd-devel

Install librbd-devel 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 librbd-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install librbd-devel

How To Uninstall librbd-devel on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the librbd-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove librbd-devel

librbd-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/rbd
/usr/include/rbd/features.h
/usr/include/rbd/librbd.h
/usr/include/rbd/librbd.hpp
/usr/lib/librbd.so
/usr/include/rbd
/usr/include/rbd/features.h
/usr/include/rbd/librbd.h
/usr/include/rbd/librbd.hpp
/usr/lib64/librbd.so

References

Summary

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