How To Install cachefilesd on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cachefilesd
on AlmaLinux 8.
What is cachefilesd
The cachefilesd daemon manages the caching files and directory that are that are used by network file systems such a AFS and NFS to do persistent caching to the local disk.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install cachefilesd
on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cachefilesd.
Install cachefilesd 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 cachefilesd
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install cachefilesd
Install cachefilesd 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 cachefilesd
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install cachefilesd
How To Uninstall cachefilesd on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the cachefilesd
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove cachefilesd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cachefilesd
on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.