How To Install qemu-kvm-block-gluster on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-kvm-block-gluster on CentOS 8. qemu-kvm-block-gluster is QEMU Gluster block driver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-kvm-block-gluster on CentOS 8.

What is qemu-kvm-block-gluster

This package provides the additional Gluster block driver for QEMU. Install this package if you want to access remote Gluster storage.

We can use yum or dnf to install qemu-kvm-block-gluster on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install qemu-kvm-block-gluster.

Install qemu-kvm-block-gluster on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install qemu-kvm-block-gluster using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install qemu-kvm-block-gluster

Install qemu-kvm-block-gluster on CentOS 8 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 qemu-kvm-block-gluster using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install qemu-kvm-block-gluster

How To Uninstall qemu-kvm-block-gluster on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the qemu-kvm-block-gluster package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove qemu-kvm-block-gluster

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-kvm-block-gluster on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.