How To Install liburing on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install liburing in AlmaLinux 8. liburing is Linux-native io_uring I/O access library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liburing on AlmaLinux 8.

What is liburing

Provides native async IO for the Linux kernel, in a fast and efficient manner, for both buffered and O_DIRECT.

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

Install liburing 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 liburing using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install liburing

Install liburing 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 liburing using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install liburing

How To Uninstall liburing on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove liburing

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liburing on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.