How To Install device-mapper-multipath-libs on CentOS 8

device-mapper-multipath-libs is The device-mapper-multipath modules and shared library The device-mapper-multipath modules and shared library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install device-mapper-multipath-libs on CentOS 8.

What is `device-mapper-multipath-libs`

The device-mapper-multipath-libs provides the path checker and prioritizer modules. It also contains the libmpathpersist and libmpathcmd shared libraries, as well as multipath’s internal library, libmultipath. device-mapper-multipath-libs 0.8.4 10.el8 x86_64 321 k device-mapper-multipath-0.8.4-10.el8.src.rpm baseos The device-mapper-multipath modules and shared library http GPLv2 and LGPLv2+ The device-mapper-multipath-libs provides the path checker and prioritizer modules. It also contains the libmpathpersist and libmpathcmd shared libraries, as well as multipath’s internal library, libmultipath.

We can use yum or dnf to install device-mapper-multipath-libs on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install device-mapper-multipath-libs.

Install device-mapper-multipath-libs on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install device-mapper-multipath-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install device-mapper-multipath-libs

Install device-mapper-multipath-libs on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install device-mapper-multipath-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install device-mapper-multipath-libs

How To Uninstall device-mapper-multipath-libs on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the device-mapper-multipath-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove device-mapper-multipath-libs

device-mapper-multipath-libs Package Contents on CentOS 8

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References

[device-mapper-multipath-libs website](http://christophe.varoqui.free.fr/ http://christophe.varoqui.free.fr/)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install device-mapper-multipath-libs on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.