How To Install nbdkit-basic-filters on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nbdkit-basic-filters on AlmaLinux 8.
What is nbdkit-basic-filters
This package contains some basic filters for nbdkit which have only trivial dependencies. nbdkit-blocksize-filter Adjust block size of requests sent to plugins. nbdkit-cache-filter Server-side cache. nbdkit-cacheextents-filter Cache extents. nbdkit-cow-filter Copy-on-write overlay for read-only plugins. nbdkit-delay-filter Inject read and write delays. nbdkit-error-filter Inject errors. nbdkit-extentlist-filter Place extent list over a plugin. nbdkit-fua-filter Modify flush behaviour in plugins. nbdkit-log-filter Log all transactions to a file. nbdkit-nocache-filter Disable cache requests in the underlying plugin. nbdkit-noextents-filter Disable extents in the underlying plugin. nbdkit-noparallel-filter Serialize requests to the underlying plugin. nbdkit-nozero-filter Adjust handling of zero requests by plugins. nbdkit-offset-filter Serve an offset and range. nbdkit-partition-filter Serve a single partition. nbdkit-rate-filter Limit bandwidth by connection or server. nbdkit-readahead-filter Prefetch data when reading sequentially. nbdkit-retry-filter Reopen connection on error. nbdkit-stats-filter Display statistics about operations. nbdkit-truncate-filter Truncate, expand, round up or round down size.
We can use yum or dnf to install nbdkit-basic-filters on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nbdkit-basic-filters.
Install nbdkit-basic-filters 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-basic-filters using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install nbdkit-basic-filters
Install nbdkit-basic-filters 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-basic-filters using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install nbdkit-basic-filters
How To Uninstall nbdkit-basic-filters on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the nbdkit-basic-filters package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove nbdkit-basic-filters
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nbdkit-basic-filters on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
