How To Install lvm2-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install lvm2-devel on Rocky Linux 8. lvm2-devel is Development libraries and headers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lvm2-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is lvm2-devel

This package contains files needed to develop applications that use the lvm2 libraries.

We can use yum or dnf to install lvm2-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lvm2-devel.

Install lvm2-devel 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 lvm2-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lvm2-devel

Install lvm2-devel 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 lvm2-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lvm2-devel

How To Uninstall lvm2-devel on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the lvm2-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove lvm2-devel

lvm2-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/lvm2cmd.h
/usr/lib/libdevmapper-event-lvm2.so
/usr/lib/liblvm2cmd.so
/usr/include/lvm2cmd.h
/usr/lib64/libdevmapper-event-lvm2.so
/usr/lib64/liblvm2cmd.so

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lvm2-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.