How To Install nbdkit on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nbdkit on AlmaLinux 8.
What is nbdkit
NBD is a protocol for accessing block devices (hard disks and disk-like things) over the network. nbdkit is a toolkit for creating NBD servers. The key features are * Multithreaded NBD server written in C with good performance. * Minimal dependencies for the basic server. * Liberal license (BSD) allows nbdkit to be linked to proprietary libraries or included in proprietary code. * Well-documented, simple plugin API with a stable ABI guarantee. Lets you to export “unconventional” block devices easily. * You can write plugins in C or many other languages. * Filters can be stacked in front of plugins to transform the output. In Red Hat Enterprise Linux, ’nbdkit’ is a meta-package which pulls in the core server and a useful subset of plugins and filters. If you want just the server, install ’nbdkit-server’. To develop plugins, install the ’nbdkit-devel’ package and start by reading the nbdkit(1) and nbdkit-plugin(3) manual pages.
We can use yum or dnf to install nbdkit on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nbdkit.
Install nbdkit 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 nbdkit using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install nbdkit
Install nbdkit 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 nbdkit using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install nbdkit
How To Uninstall nbdkit on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the nbdkit package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove nbdkit
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nbdkit on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
