How To Install kmod-kvdo on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kmod-kvdo on Rocky Linux 8.

What is kmod-kvdo

Virtual Data Optimizer (VDO) is a device mapper target that delivers block-level deduplication, compression, and thin provisioning. This package provides the kernel modules for VDO.

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

Install kmod-kvdo 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 kmod-kvdo using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kmod-kvdo

Install kmod-kvdo 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 kmod-kvdo using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kmod-kvdo

How To Uninstall kmod-kvdo on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the kmod-kvdo package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove kmod-kvdo

kmod-kvdo Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/depmod.d/kvdo.conf
/lib/modules/4.18.0-305.el8.x86_64
/lib/modules/4.18.0-305.el8.x86_64/extra
/lib/modules/4.18.0-305.el8.x86_64/extra/kmod-kvdo
/lib/modules/4.18.0-305.el8.x86_64/extra/kmod-kvdo/uds
/lib/modules/4.18.0-305.el8.x86_64/extra/kmod-kvdo/uds/uds.ko
/lib/modules/4.18.0-305.el8.x86_64/extra/kmod-kvdo/vdo
/lib/modules/4.18.0-305.el8.x86_64/extra/kmod-kvdo/vdo/kvdo.ko
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4/65e0b2ee0ffc39c6d4f507ef34a55552935608
/usr/lib/.build-id/da
/usr/lib/.build-id/da/4b50284d111bba8604cffe4dcf26aeb56028da
/usr/share/doc/kmod-kvdo/greylist.txt

References

• kmod-kvdo website

Summary

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