How To Install orangefs on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install orangefs on AlmaLinux 8.
What is orangefs
OrangeFS (formerly PVFS2) is a high-performance parallel network file system designed for use on high performance computing systems. It provides very high performance access to disk storage for parallel applications. It is accessible through a variety of interfaces, including the native OrangeFS library, the kernel, FUSE, and MPI-IO. This package provides the pvfs2-client-core which is required to use the kernel module.
We can use yum or dnf to install orangefs on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install orangefs.
Install orangefs on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install orangefs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install orangefs
Install orangefs on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install orangefs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install orangefs
How To Uninstall orangefs on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the orangefs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove orangefs
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install orangefs on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.