How To Install nfs-utils on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nfs-utils on CentOS 7.
What is nfs-utils
The nfs-utils package provides a daemon for the kernel NFS server and related tools, which provides a much higher level of performance than the traditional Linux NFS server used by most users. This package also contains the showmount program. Showmount queries the mount daemon on a remote host for information about the NFS (Network File System) server on the remote host. For example, showmount can display the clients which are mounted on that host. This package also contains the mount.nfs and umount.nfs program.
We can use yum or dnf to install nfs-utils on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nfs-utils.
Install nfs-utils on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install nfs-utils using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install nfs-utils
Install nfs-utils 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 nfs-utils using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install nfs-utils
How To Uninstall nfs-utils on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the nfs-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove nfs-utils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nfs-utils on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.