How To Install qemu-kvm-block-gluster on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-kvm-block-gluster on Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

Install qemu-kvm-block-gluster on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

How To Uninstall qemu-kvm-block-gluster on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove qemu-kvm-block-gluster

qemu-kvm-block-gluster Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/13
/usr/lib/.build-id/13/bf51f480c27feffcc6dca39a44ba89df84c388
/usr/lib64/qemu-kvm/block-gluster.so

References

qemu-kvm-block-gluster website

Summary

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