How To Install orangefs-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install orangefs-devel on CentOS 7. orangefs-devel is Parallel network file system development libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install orangefs-devel on CentOS 7.

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 contains the headers and libraries necessary for client development.

We can use yum or dnf to install orangefs-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install orangefs-devel.

Install orangefs-devel on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install orangefs-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install orangefs-devel

Install orangefs-devel 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 orangefs-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install orangefs-devel

How To Uninstall orangefs-devel on CentOS 7

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 CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.