How To Install libblockdev-loop.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libblockdev-loop.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. libblockdev-loop.i686 is The loop plugin for the libblockdev library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libblockdev-loop.i686 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `libblockdev-loop.i686`

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

We can use yum to install libblockdev-loop.i686 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libblockdev-loop.i686.

Install libblockdev-loop.i686 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libblockdev-loop.i686 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libblockdev-loop.i686

How To Uninstall libblockdev-loop.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the libblockdev-loop.i686 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove libblockdev-loop.i686

libblockdev-loop.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libbd_loop.so.2
/usr/lib/libbd_loop.so.2.0.0

References

libblockdev-loop.i686 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libblockdev-loop.i686 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.