How To Install libblockdev-lvm on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libblockdev-lvm on Rocky Linux 8. libblockdev-lvm is The LVM plugin for the libblockdev library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libblockdev-lvm on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libblockdev-lvm

The libblockdev library plugin (and in the same time a standalone library) providing the LVM-related functionality.

We can use yum or dnf to install libblockdev-lvm on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libblockdev-lvm.

Install libblockdev-lvm 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 libblockdev-lvm using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libblockdev-lvm

Install libblockdev-lvm 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 libblockdev-lvm using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libblockdev-lvm

How To Uninstall libblockdev-lvm on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libblockdev-lvm package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libblockdev-lvm

libblockdev-lvm Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e/57c83333105bdd37ee2048f4c5c7292294a128
/usr/lib/libbd_lvm.so.2
/usr/lib/libbd_lvm.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4/13d1e254dd923ce413deabebcb09387d584f22
/usr/lib64/libbd_lvm.so.2
/usr/lib64/libbd_lvm.so.2.0.0

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libblockdev-lvm on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.