How To Install libblockdev-mdraid on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is libblockdev-mdraid

The libblockdev library plugin (and in the same time a standalone library) providing the functionality related to MD RAID.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install libblockdev-mdraid

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

sudo yum -y install libblockdev-mdraid

How To Uninstall libblockdev-mdraid on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libblockdev-mdraid

libblockdev-mdraid Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8/442efcaa08cf435e5da0852053bd1d8f2c7365
/usr/lib64/libbd_mdraid.so.2
/usr/lib64/libbd_mdraid.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9/569991f04765d44191f8dbec52152909e1e6bc
/usr/lib/libbd_mdraid.so.2
/usr/lib/libbd_mdraid.so.2.0.0

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Summary

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