How To Install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath on Rocky Linux 8. libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath is Storage driver plugin for multipath volumes

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath

The storage driver backend adding implementation of the storage APIs for multipath storage using device mapper.

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

Install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath 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 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath

Install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath 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 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath

How To Uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath

libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/53
/usr/lib/.build-id/53/c49501788609d97d380cb5f0017457508f30fe
/usr/lib64/libvirt/storage-backend/libvirt_storage_backend_mpath.so

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.