How To Install lockdev-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lockdev-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.
What is lockdev-devel.x86_64
The lockdev library provides a reliable way to put an exclusive lock on devices using both FSSTND and SVr4 methods. The lockdev-devel package contains the development headers.
We can use yum to install lockdev-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lockdev-devel.x86_64.
Install lockdev-devel.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 lockdev-devel.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install lockdev-devel.x86_64
How To Uninstall lockdev-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2
To uninstall only the lockdev-devel.x86_64 package we can use the following command:
sudo yum remove lockdev-devel.x86_64
lockdev-devel.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2
/usr/include/lockdev.h
/usr/include/ttylock.h
/usr/lib64/liblockdev.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/lockdev.pc
/usr/share/man/man3/lockdev.3.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lockdev-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.