How To Install nosync on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nosync
on CentOS 7.
What is nosync
nosync is a small preload library that can be used to disable synchronization of file’s content with storage devices on GNU/Linux. It works by overriding implementations of certain standard functions like fsync or open.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install nosync
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nosync.
Install nosync on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install nosync
using yum
by running the following command:
Install nosync 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.
After updating yum database, We can install nosync
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall nosync on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the nosync
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nosync
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.