How To Install cachefilesd on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install cachefilesd in AlmaLinux 8. cachefilesd is CacheFiles user-space management daemon

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cachefilesd on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.