How To Install libnbd on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnbd in Fedora 36. libnbd is NBD client library in userspace

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Introduction

Introduction

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

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

What is libnbd

What is libnbd

NBD — Network Block Device — is a protocol for accessing Block Devices (hard disks and disk-like things) over a Network. This is the NBD client library in userspace, a simple library for writing NBD clients. The key features are * Synchronous and asynchronous APIs, both for ease of use and for writing non-blocking, multithreaded clients. * High performance. * Minimal dependencies for the basic library. * Well-documented, stable API. * Bindings in several programming languages.
NBD — Network Block Device — is a protocol for accessing Block Devices (hard disks and disk-like things) over a Network. This is the NBD client library in userspace, a simple library for writing NBD clients. The key features are * Synchronous and asynchronous APIs, both for ease of use and for writing non-blocking, multithreaded clients. * High performance. * Minimal dependencies for the basic library. * Well-documented, stable API. * Bindings in several programming languages.

We can use yum or dnf to install libnbd on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libnbd. We can use yum or dnf to install libnbd on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libnbd.

Install libnbd on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Install libnbd on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

```bash
sudo dnf makecache --refresh

sudo dnf makecache –refresh

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


```bash
sudo dnf -y install libnbd

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

Install libnbd on Fedora 36 Using yum


sudo dnf -y install libnbd

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

## Install libnbd on Fedora 36 Using yum
sudo yum makecache --refresh

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

After updating yum database, We can install `libnbd` using `yum` by running the following command:

sudo yum makecache --refresh
```bash

sudo yum -y install libnbd

After updating yum database, We can install `libnbd` using `yum` by running the following command:
## How To Uninstall libnbd on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the `libnbd` package we can use the following command:

```bash
sudo dnf remove libnbd

libnbd Package Contents on Fedora 36


```bash
sudo yum -y install libnbd

How To Uninstall libnbd on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove libnbd

libnbd Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/nbdcopy
/usr/bin/nbdinfo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/51
/usr/lib/.build-id/51/5713262862d1412014cf5f982953ef68d41218
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3/0085f7c2643419b4b978ef96e7a9feeb5dcc43
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/07d8f9998578429b3e0bec4a7e0884a8836495
/usr/lib64/libnbd.so.0
/usr/lib64/libnbd.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libnbd
/usr/share/doc/libnbd/README
/usr/share/licenses/libnbd
/usr/share/licenses/libnbd/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/man/man1/nbdcopy.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nbdinfo.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnbd on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).

/usr/bin/nbdcopy /usr/bin/nbdinfo /usr/lib/.build-id /usr/lib/.build-id/9a /usr/lib/.build-id/9a/ccf92c1813ede9218bb4c144a8befbad6ea2d6 /usr/lib/.build-id/b4 /usr/lib/.build-id/b4/36493a5ea43b18271cf68f0ce3e0f218369020 /usr/lib/.build-id/cb /usr/lib/.build-id/cb/4a0ed26a663fc451105a954c186a9a41a66f9d /usr/lib/libnbd.so.0 /usr/lib/libnbd.so.0.0.0 /usr/share/doc/libnbd /usr/share/doc/libnbd/README /usr/share/licenses/libnbd /usr/share/licenses/libnbd/COPYING.LIB /usr/share/man/man1/nbdcopy.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/nbdinfo.1.gz


## References

* [libnbd website](https://gitlab.com/nbdkit/libnbd)

## Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install `libnbd` on [Fedora 36](/fedora/36/) using [yum](/fedora/36/yum/) and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).