How To Install nbdkit-basic-filters on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install nbdkit-basic-filters on CentOS 7. nbdkit-basic-filters is Basic filters for nbdkit

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nbdkit-basic-filters on CentOS 7.

What is nbdkit-basic-filters

This package contains some basic filters for nbdkit which have only trivial dependencies. * nbdkit-cache-filter Server-side cache. * nbdkig-cow-filter Copy-on-write overlay for read-only plugins. * nbdkit-delay-filter Inject read and write delays. * nbdkit-offset-filter Serve an offset and range. * nbdkit-partition-filter Serve a single partition.

We can use yum or dnf to install nbdkit-basic-filters on CentOS 7. 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 CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install nbdkit-basic-filters using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nbdkit-basic-filters

Install nbdkit-basic-filters 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 nbdkit-basic-filters using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nbdkit-basic-filters

How To Uninstall nbdkit-basic-filters on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the nbdkit-basic-filters package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove nbdkit-basic-filters

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nbdkit-basic-filters on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.