How To Install dmlite-plugins-memcache on CentOS 8

dmlite-plugins-memcache is Memcached plugin for dmlite

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dmlite-plugins-memcache on CentOS 8.

What is dmlite-plugins-memcache

This package provides the memcached plug-in for dmlite. It provides a memcached based layer for the Lcgdm nameserver.

We can use yum or dnf to install dmlite-plugins-memcache on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dmlite-plugins-memcache.

Install dmlite-plugins-memcache on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install dmlite-plugins-memcache using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dmlite-plugins-memcache

Install dmlite-plugins-memcache on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install dmlite-plugins-memcache using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dmlite-plugins-memcache

How To Uninstall dmlite-plugins-memcache on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the dmlite-plugins-memcache package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dmlite-plugins-memcache

dmlite-plugins-memcache Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/dmlite.conf.d/zmemcache.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d/fb23faabfcfcb9470e9f1a3503e1149a91fde8
/usr/lib64/dmlite/plugin_memcache.so
/usr/share/doc/dmlite-plugins-memcache
/usr/share/doc/dmlite-plugins-memcache/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/dmlite-plugins-memcache/README
/usr/share/doc/dmlite-plugins-memcache/RELEASE-NOTES

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dmlite-plugins-memcache on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.