How To Install glusterfs-libs on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install glusterfs-libs on CentOS 7.
What is glusterfs-libs
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 base GlusterFS libraries
We can use yum or dnf to install glusterfs-libs on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install glusterfs-libs.
Install glusterfs-libs 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-libs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install glusterfs-libs
Install glusterfs-libs 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-libs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install glusterfs-libs
How To Uninstall glusterfs-libs on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the glusterfs-libs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove glusterfs-libs
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install glusterfs-libs on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
