How To Install nbdfuse on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install nbdfuse on Rocky Linux 8. nbdfuse is FUSE support for libnbd

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nbdfuse on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `nbdfuse`

This package contains FUSE support for libnbd.

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

Install nbdfuse on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install nbdfuse

Install nbdfuse on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install nbdfuse

How To Uninstall nbdfuse on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove nbdfuse

nbdfuse Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/nbdfuse
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/20
/usr/lib/.build-id/20/125beac6f708a35be19f34df6ee7fa28a2d4e6
/usr/share/man/man1/nbdfuse.1.gz

References

nbdfuse website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nbdfuse on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.