How To Install nbdkit-vddk-plugin on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nbdkit-vddk-plugin on Rocky Linux 8.
What is nbdkit-vddk-plugin
This package is a plugin for nbdkit which connects to VMware VDDK for accessing VMware disks and servers.
We can use yum or dnf to install nbdkit-vddk-plugin on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nbdkit-vddk-plugin.
Install nbdkit-vddk-plugin 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-vddk-plugin using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install nbdkit-vddk-plugin
Install nbdkit-vddk-plugin 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-vddk-plugin using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install nbdkit-vddk-plugin
How To Uninstall nbdkit-vddk-plugin on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the nbdkit-vddk-plugin package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove nbdkit-vddk-plugin
nbdkit-vddk-plugin Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2/fe24b0cb2977fede2da690c2b8ae42fdc33d05
/usr/lib64/nbdkit/plugins/nbdkit-vddk-plugin.so
/usr/share/doc/nbdkit-vddk-plugin
/usr/share/doc/nbdkit-vddk-plugin/README
/usr/share/licenses/nbdkit-vddk-plugin
/usr/share/licenses/nbdkit-vddk-plugin/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/nbdkit-vddk-plugin.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nbdkit-vddk-plugin on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.