How To Install libblockdev-swap on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install libblockdev-swap in Fedora 36. libblockdev-swap is The swap plugin for the libblockdev library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libblockdev-swap on Fedora 36.

What is `libblockdev-swap`

The libblockdev library plugin (and in the same time a standalone library) providing the functionality related to swap devices.

We can use yum or dnf to install libblockdev-swap on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libblockdev-swap.

Install libblockdev-swap on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libblockdev-swap using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libblockdev-swap

Install libblockdev-swap on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libblockdev-swap using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libblockdev-swap

How To Uninstall libblockdev-swap on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the libblockdev-swap package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libblockdev-swap

libblockdev-swap Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6/164d106bbee27f617c371bb8f0705d9bf03e70
/usr/lib64/libbd_swap.so.2
/usr/lib64/libbd_swap.so.2.0.0

References

libblockdev-swap website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libblockdev-swap on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).