How To Install librados2 on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install librados2 on CentOS 7. librados2 is RADOS distributed object store client library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librados2 on CentOS 7.

What is librados2

RADOS is a reliable, autonomic distributed object storage cluster developed as part of the Ceph distributed storage system. This is a shared library allowing applications to access the distributed object store using a simple file-like interface. RADOS is a reliable, autonomic distributed object storage cluster developed as part of the Ceph distributed storage system. This is a shared library allowing applications to access the distributed object store using a simple file-like interface.

We can use yum or dnf to install librados2 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install librados2.

Install librados2 on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install librados2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install librados2

Install librados2 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 librados2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install librados2

How To Uninstall librados2 on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the librados2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove librados2

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librados2 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.