How To Install glusterfs-fuse on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install glusterfs-fuse on Rocky Linux 8. glusterfs-fuse is Fuse client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install glusterfs-fuse on Rocky Linux 8.

What is glusterfs-fuse

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 support to FUSE based clients and inlcudes the glusterfs(d) binary.

We can use yum or dnf to install glusterfs-fuse on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install glusterfs-fuse.

Install glusterfs-fuse on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install glusterfs-fuse

Install glusterfs-fuse on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install glusterfs-fuse using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install glusterfs-fuse

How To Uninstall glusterfs-fuse on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the glusterfs-fuse package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove glusterfs-fuse

glusterfs-fuse Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/logrotate.d/glusterfs
/sbin/mount.glusterfs
/usr/bin/fusermount-glusterfs
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/52
/usr/lib/.build-id/52/a09b29b3e801ce80899cb89363ce395d79d04c
/usr/lib/.build-id/78
/usr/lib/.build-id/78/a1f921080c7fb20ea143c49d69920660d19afb
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8/a77cd6844ba618d259e671282978e5331ed0c1
/usr/lib64/glusterfs/6.0/xlator
/usr/lib64/glusterfs/6.0/xlator/mount
/usr/lib64/glusterfs/6.0/xlator/mount/fuse.so
/usr/sbin/glusterfs
/usr/sbin/glusterfsd

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install glusterfs-fuse on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.