How To Install charliecloud on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install charliecloud on CentOS 7. charliecloud is Lightweight user-defined software stacks for high-performance

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install charliecloud on CentOS 7.

What is charliecloud

Charliecloud uses Linux user namespaces to run containers with no privileged operations or daemons and minimal configuration changes on center resources. This simple approach avoids most security risks while maintaining access to the performance and functionality already on offer. Container images can be built using Docker or anything else that can generate a standard Linux filesystem tree. For more information

We can use yum or dnf to install charliecloud on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install charliecloud.

Install charliecloud on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install charliecloud

Install charliecloud on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install charliecloud

How To Uninstall charliecloud on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove charliecloud

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install charliecloud on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.