How To Install lockdev on CentOS 8

lockdev is A library for locking devices A library for locking devices

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lockdev on CentOS 8.

What is lockdev

Lockdev provides a reliable way to put an exclusive lock to devices using both FSSTND and SVr4 methods. lockdev 1.0.4 0.28.20111007git.el8 x86_64 41 k lockdev-1.0.4-0.28.20111007git.el8.src.rpm baseos A library for locking devices https LGPLv2 Lockdev provides a reliable way to put an exclusive lock to devices using both FSSTND and SVr4 methods.

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

Install lockdev 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 lockdev using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lockdev

Install lockdev 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 lockdev using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lockdev

How To Uninstall lockdev on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the lockdev package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove lockdev

lockdev Package Contents on CentOS 8

/run/lock/lockdev
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d/d72c1009f26d73794af59996710881f24dfb99
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b/7f1c00eb470b11112907a1a547a29ed351f4ba
/usr/lib/liblockdev.so.1
/usr/lib/liblockdev.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/lockdev.conf
/usr/sbin/lockdev
/usr/share/doc/lockdev
/usr/share/doc/lockdev/AUTHORS
/usr/share/licenses/lockdev
/usr/share/licenses/lockdev/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/lockdev.8.gz
/run/lock/lockdev
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d/7d0be9dccf592d695393094b19be174bedf45c
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3/381d938519d5c96f6c34361e2cb4991e09049b
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/lockdev.conf
/usr/lib64/liblockdev.so.1
/usr/lib64/liblockdev.so.1.0.0
/usr/sbin/lockdev
/usr/share/doc/lockdev
/usr/share/doc/lockdev/AUTHORS
/usr/share/licenses/lockdev
/usr/share/licenses/lockdev/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/lockdev.8.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lockdev on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.