How To Install orangefs-devel on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install orangefs-devel on AlmaLinux 8.
What is orangefs-devel
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. This package contains the headers and libraries necessary for client development.
We can use yum or dnf to install orangefs-devel on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install orangefs-devel.
Install orangefs-devel 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-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install orangefs-devel
Install orangefs-devel 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-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install orangefs-devel
How To Uninstall orangefs-devel on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the orangefs-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove orangefs-devel
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install orangefs-devel on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.