How To Install libnfs on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnfs on CentOS 7.
What is libnfs
The libnfs package contains a library of functions for accessing NFSv2 and NFSv3 servers from user space. It provides a low-level, asynchronous RPC library for accessing NFS protocols, an asynchronous library with POSIX-like VFS functions, and a synchronous library with POSIX-like VFS functions.
We can use yum or dnf to install libnfs on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libnfs.
Install libnfs on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libnfs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libnfs
Install libnfs 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 libnfs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libnfs
How To Uninstall libnfs on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libnfs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libnfs
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnfs on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
