How To Install genders on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install genders on CentOS 8.
What is genders
Genders is a static cluster configuration database used for cluster configuration management. It is used by a variety of tools and scripts for management of large clusters. The genders database is typically replicated on every node of the cluster. It describes the layout and configuration of the cluster so that tools and scripts can sense the variations of cluster nodes. By abstracting this information into a plain text file, it becomes possible to change the configuration of a cluster by modifying only one file.
We can use yum or dnf to install genders on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install genders.
Install genders 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 genders using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install genders
Install genders 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 genders using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install genders
How To Uninstall genders on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the genders package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove genders
genders Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/nodeattr
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/47
/usr/lib/.build-id/47/61ca8bc3923b1345ac352cb06e3d182d2ec5fa
/usr/share/doc/genders
/usr/share/doc/genders/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/genders/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/genders/DISCLAIMER
/usr/share/doc/genders/DISCLAIMER.UC
/usr/share/doc/genders/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/genders/README
/usr/share/doc/genders/TUTORIAL
/usr/share/doc/genders/genders.sample
/usr/share/man/man1/nodeattr.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/genders.3.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install genders on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.