How To Install device-mapper-event on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install device-mapper-event on CentOS 7. device-mapper-event is Device-mapper event daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install device-mapper-event on CentOS 7.

What is device-mapper-event

This package contains the dmeventd daemon for monitoring the state of device-mapper devices.

We can use yum or dnf to install device-mapper-event on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install device-mapper-event.

Install device-mapper-event on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install device-mapper-event

Install device-mapper-event on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install device-mapper-event

How To Uninstall device-mapper-event on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove device-mapper-event

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install device-mapper-event on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.