How To Install libblockdev-part on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is libblockdev-part

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

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

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

sudo dnf -y install libblockdev-part

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

sudo yum -y install libblockdev-part

How To Uninstall libblockdev-part on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libblockdev-part

libblockdev-part Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/39
/usr/lib/.build-id/39/005b7ae4569cff80a3633ea2fb8ef1a5f9b563
/usr/lib64/libbd_part.so.2
/usr/lib64/libbd_part.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7/ef3b7ee28ddf43f8dd4ce31a9d9f70eb1b4d7b
/usr/lib/libbd_part.so.2
/usr/lib/libbd_part.so.2.0.0

References

Summary

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