How To Install orangefs-fuse on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install orangefs-fuse in AlmaLinux 8. orangefs-fuse is Parallel network file system FUSE client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install orangefs-fuse on AlmaLinux 8.

What is orangefs-fuse

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 FUSE client.

We can use yum or dnf to install orangefs-fuse on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install orangefs-fuse.

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

sudo dnf -y install orangefs-fuse

Install orangefs-fuse 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-fuse using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install orangefs-fuse

How To Uninstall orangefs-fuse on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the orangefs-fuse package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove orangefs-fuse

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install orangefs-fuse on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.