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