How To Install libblockdev-swap on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is libblockdev-swap

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

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

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

sudo dnf -y install libblockdev-swap

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

sudo yum -y install libblockdev-swap

How To Uninstall libblockdev-swap on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libblockdev-swap

libblockdev-swap Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/33
/usr/lib/.build-id/33/841fe993f9bbf28848c9f0e85bae81c472d001
/usr/lib64/libbd_swap.so.2
/usr/lib64/libbd_swap.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b/b622c57911d71ccf65eebb4d5e596b6e7844af
/usr/lib/libbd_swap.so.2
/usr/lib/libbd_swap.so.2.0.0

References

Summary

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