How To Install libblockdev-loop.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libblockdev-loop.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libblockdev-loop.x86_64 is The loop plugin for the libblockdev library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libblockdev-loop.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `libblockdev-loop.x86_64`

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.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libblockdev-loop.x86_64.

Install libblockdev-loop.x86_64 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.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libblockdev-loop.x86_64

How To Uninstall libblockdev-loop.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the libblockdev-loop.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove libblockdev-loop.x86_64

libblockdev-loop.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libbd_loop.so.2
/usr/lib64/libbd_loop.so.2.0.0

References

libblockdev-loop.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libblockdev-loop.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.