How To Install librbd1 on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install librbd1 on CentOS 7. librbd1 is RADOS block device client library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librbd1 on CentOS 7.

What is librbd1

RBD is a block device striped across multiple distributed objects in RADOS, a reliable, autonomic distributed object storage cluster developed as part of the Ceph distributed storage system. This is a shared library allowing applications to manage these block devices. RBD is a block device striped across multiple distributed objects in RADOS, a reliable, autonomic distributed object storage cluster developed as part of the Ceph distributed storage system. This is a shared library allowing applications to manage these block devices.

We can use yum or dnf to install librbd1 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install librbd1.

Install librbd1 on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install librbd1 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install librbd1

Install librbd1 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 librbd1 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install librbd1

How To Uninstall librbd1 on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the librbd1 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove librbd1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librbd1 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.