How To Install nbdkit-ssh-plugin on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install nbdkit-ssh-plugin on Rocky Linux 8. nbdkit-ssh-plugin is SSH plugin for nbdkit

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nbdkit-ssh-plugin on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `nbdkit-ssh-plugin`

This package contains SSH support for nbdkit.

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

Install nbdkit-ssh-plugin 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 nbdkit-ssh-plugin using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nbdkit-ssh-plugin

Install nbdkit-ssh-plugin 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 nbdkit-ssh-plugin using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nbdkit-ssh-plugin

How To Uninstall nbdkit-ssh-plugin on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the nbdkit-ssh-plugin package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove nbdkit-ssh-plugin

nbdkit-ssh-plugin Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd/11cb5e1294675acce3670f7b120b0ac1cfb823
/usr/lib64/nbdkit/plugins/nbdkit-ssh-plugin.so
/usr/share/doc/nbdkit-ssh-plugin
/usr/share/doc/nbdkit-ssh-plugin/README
/usr/share/licenses/nbdkit-ssh-plugin
/usr/share/licenses/nbdkit-ssh-plugin/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/nbdkit-ssh-plugin.1.gz

References

nbdkit-ssh-plugin website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nbdkit-ssh-plugin on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.