How To Install nbdkit-server on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install nbdkit-server on Rocky Linux 8. nbdkit-server is The nbdkit server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nbdkit-server on Rocky Linux 8.

What is nbdkit-server

This package contains the nbdkit server with no plugins or filters.

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

Install nbdkit-server 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 nbdkit-server using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nbdkit-server

Install nbdkit-server 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 nbdkit-server using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nbdkit-server

How To Uninstall nbdkit-server on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove nbdkit-server

nbdkit-server Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e/8d2b8e42793aa1997b0c3e1ec7a21d833c66c4
/usr/lib64/nbdkit
/usr/lib64/nbdkit/filters
/usr/lib64/nbdkit/plugins
/usr/sbin/nbdkit
/usr/share/doc/nbdkit-server
/usr/share/doc/nbdkit-server/README
/usr/share/licenses/nbdkit-server
/usr/share/licenses/nbdkit-server/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/nbdkit-captive.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nbdkit-loop.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nbdkit-probing.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nbdkit-protocol.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nbdkit-security.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nbdkit-service.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nbdkit-tls.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nbdkit.1.gz

References

Summary

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