How To Install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath on CentOS 8.
What is libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath
The storage driver backend adding implementation of the storage APIs for multipath storage using device mapper.
We can use yum or dnf to install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath.
Install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath 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 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath
Install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath 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 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath
How To Uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5/8e9e571c29900d72e825903be3ff20cf2c8e39
/usr/lib64/libvirt/storage-backend/libvirt_storage_backend_mpath.so
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.