How To Install libcephfs2 on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcephfs2 on CentOS 8. libcephfs2 is Ceph distributed file system client library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcephfs2 on CentOS 8.

What is libcephfs2

Ceph is a distributed network file system designed to provide excellent performance, reliability, and scalability. This is a shared library allowing applications to access a Ceph distributed file system via a POSIX-like interface. Ceph is a distributed network file system designed to provide excellent performance, reliability, and scalability. This is a shared library allowing applications to access a Ceph distributed file system via a POSIX-like interface.

We can use yum or dnf to install libcephfs2 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libcephfs2.

Install libcephfs2 on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libcephfs2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libcephfs2

Install libcephfs2 on CentOS 8 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 libcephfs2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libcephfs2

How To Uninstall libcephfs2 on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the libcephfs2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libcephfs2

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcephfs2 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.