How To Install genders on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install genders in Fedora 36. genders is Static cluster configuration database

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install genders on Fedora 36.

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 Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install genders.

Install genders on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install genders using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install genders

Install genders on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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 Fedora 36

To uninstall only the genders package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove genders

genders Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/nodeattr
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/43
/usr/lib/.build-id/43/125ab8aa1205eb3e0b7f48653ad196b4d4d4f2
/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 Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).