How To Install libnbd on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnbd on AlmaLinux 8.
What is libnbd
NBD — Network Block Device — is a protocol for accessing Block Devices (hard disks and disk-like things) over a Network. This is the NBD client library in userspace, a simple library for writing NBD clients. The key features are * Synchronous and asynchronous APIs, both for ease of use and for writing non-blocking, multithreaded clients. * High performance. * Minimal dependencies for the basic library. * Well-documented, stable API. * Bindings in several programming languages.
We can use yum or dnf to install libnbd on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libnbd.
Install libnbd on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install libnbd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libnbd
Install libnbd on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install libnbd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libnbd
How To Uninstall libnbd on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the libnbd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libnbd
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnbd on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.