How To Install bdsync on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bdsync on AlmaLinux 8.
What is bdsync
Bdsync can be used to synchronize block devices over a network. It generates a “binary patchfile” in an efficient way by comparing MD5 checksums of 32k blocks of the local block device LOCDEV and the remote block device REMDEV. This binary patchfile can be sent to the remote machine and applied to its block device DSTDEV, after which the local blockdev LOCDEV and the remote block device REMDEV are synchronized. bdsync was built to do the only thing rsync isn’t able to do block devices.
We can use yum or dnf to install bdsync on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bdsync.
Install bdsync on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install bdsync using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install bdsync
Install bdsync on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install bdsync using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install bdsync
How To Uninstall bdsync on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the bdsync package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove bdsync
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bdsync on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
