How To Install qemu-kvm-block-gluster on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-kvm-block-gluster on Rocky Linux 8. qemu-kvm-block-gluster is QEMU Gluster block driver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-kvm-block-gluster on Rocky Linux 8.

What is qemu-kvm-block-gluster

This package provides the additional Gluster block driver for QEMU. Install this package if you want to access remote Gluster storage.

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

Install qemu-kvm-block-gluster 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 qemu-kvm-block-gluster using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install qemu-kvm-block-gluster

Install qemu-kvm-block-gluster 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 qemu-kvm-block-gluster using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install qemu-kvm-block-gluster

How To Uninstall qemu-kvm-block-gluster on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the qemu-kvm-block-gluster package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove qemu-kvm-block-gluster

qemu-kvm-block-gluster Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/13
/usr/lib/.build-id/13/bf51f480c27feffcc6dca39a44ba89df84c388
/usr/lib64/qemu-kvm/block-gluster.so

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-kvm-block-gluster on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.