How To Install glusterfs-client-xlators on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install glusterfs-client-xlators on CentOS 7.
What is glusterfs-client-xlators
GlusterFS is a distributed file-system capable of scaling to several petabytes. It aggregates various storage bricks over Infiniband RDMA or TCP/IP interconnect into one large parallel network file system. GlusterFS is one of the most sophisticated file systems in terms of features and extensibility. It borrows a powerful concept called Translators from GNU Hurd kernel. Much of the code in GlusterFS is in user space and easily manageable. This package provides the translators needed on any GlusterFS client.
We can use yum or dnf to install glusterfs-client-xlators on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install glusterfs-client-xlators.
Install glusterfs-client-xlators on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install glusterfs-client-xlators using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install glusterfs-client-xlators
Install glusterfs-client-xlators 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 glusterfs-client-xlators using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install glusterfs-client-xlators
How To Uninstall glusterfs-client-xlators on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the glusterfs-client-xlators package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove glusterfs-client-xlators
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install glusterfs-client-xlators on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
