How To Install libaio on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libaio on CentOS 7.
What is libaio
The Linux-native asynchronous I/O facility (“async I/O”, or “aio”) has a richer API and capability set than the simple POSIX async I/O facility. This library, libaio, provides the Linux-native API for async I/O. The POSIX async I/O facility requires this library in order to provide kernel-accelerated async I/O capabilities, as do applications which require the Linux-native async I/O API. The Linux-native asynchronous I/O facility (“async I/O”, or “aio”) has a richer API and capability set than the simple POSIX async I/O facility. This library, libaio, provides the Linux-native API for async I/O. The POSIX async I/O facility requires this library in order to provide kernel-accelerated async I/O capabilities, as do applications which require the Linux-native async I/O API.
We can use yum or dnf to install libaio on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libaio.
Install libaio on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libaio using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libaio
Install libaio 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 libaio using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libaio
How To Uninstall libaio on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libaio package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libaio
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libaio on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.