Packages supplied by distribution vendors

Packages supplied by distribution vendors
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A number of distributions include DRBD, including pre-built binary packages. Support for these builds, if any, is being provided by the associated distribution vendor. Their release cycle may lag behind DRBD source releases.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), includes DRBD 0.7 in versions 9 and 10. DRBD 8.2 is included in SLES 11 High Availability Extension (HAE).
On SLES, DRBD is normally installed via the software installation component of YaST2. It comes bundled with the “High Availability” package selection.
Users who prefer a command line install may simply issue:
```
yast -i drbd
```
or
```
rug install drbd
```
Debian GNU/Linux includes DRBD 8 from the 5.0 release (lenny) onwards, and has included DRBD 0.7 since Debian 3.1 (sarge).
On lenny (which now includes pre-compiled DRBD kernel modules and no longer requires the use of module-assistant), you install DRBD by issuing:
apt-get install drbd8-utils drbd8-module
On Debian 3.1 and 4.0, you must issue the following commands:
apt-get install drbd0.7-utils drbd0.7-module-source \ build-essential module-assistant module-assistant auto-install drbd0.7
See the section called “Building a DRBD Debian package” for details on the installation process involving module-assistant.
CentOS has had DRBD 8 since release 5; DRBD 0.7 was included release 4.
DRBD can be installed using yum (note that you will need the extras repository enabled for this to work):
yum install drbd kmod-drbd

Ubuntu includes DRBD 8 since release 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon), and has had DRBD 0.7 since release 6.06 (Dapper Drake). To get DRBD, you need to enable the universe component for your preferred Ubuntu mirror in /etc/apt/sources.list, and then issue these commands:

apt-get update apt-get install drbd8-utils drbd8-module-source \ build-essential module-assistant module-assistant auto-install drbd8

	Warning
	Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft) and 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) both contained pre-release versions of DRBD 8 that were never intended to be used on a production system. The DRBD 0.7 version also included in these Ubuntu releases, however, is fit for production use (albeit now outdated).